Practically Invisible : Coastal Ecuador, Tourism, and the Politics of Authenticity.
Smith, Kimbra.
Practically Invisible : Coastal Ecuador, Tourism, and the Politics of Authenticity. [electronic resource] - 1 online resource (265 pages)
Cover -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Indigenous Communities and Globalizing Narratives -- Discourse: fixity -- 1. Telling Histories: Everyday Inequalities and the Construction of Authenticity -- 2. Manteno, Montubio, Mestizo: Silencing Histories in Coastal Manabi -- Practice: fluidity -- 3. Vessels of Legitimacy: Performance and Interpretive Drift -- 4. The Fluidity of Everyday Indigeneity -- Dispositions: fear -- 5. Ambivalent Attitudes toward Globalization -- 6. Confronting Collective Fears: Discourse, Practice, and Interpretive Drift -- Interpracticality: displacing fear -- Conclusion: Invisible, Inc. -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Becoming indigenous again, for the survival of their community.
9780826520586
Manta Indians-Ecuador-Agua Blanca..
Manta Indians-Ethnic identity..
Culture and tourism-Ecuador-Agua Blanca..
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.-bisacsh.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions.-bisacsh.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography.-bisacsh.
Agua Blanca (Ecuador)-Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
F3791.M37 .S658 2015
986.6
Practically Invisible : Coastal Ecuador, Tourism, and the Politics of Authenticity. [electronic resource] - 1 online resource (265 pages)
Cover -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Indigenous Communities and Globalizing Narratives -- Discourse: fixity -- 1. Telling Histories: Everyday Inequalities and the Construction of Authenticity -- 2. Manteno, Montubio, Mestizo: Silencing Histories in Coastal Manabi -- Practice: fluidity -- 3. Vessels of Legitimacy: Performance and Interpretive Drift -- 4. The Fluidity of Everyday Indigeneity -- Dispositions: fear -- 5. Ambivalent Attitudes toward Globalization -- 6. Confronting Collective Fears: Discourse, Practice, and Interpretive Drift -- Interpracticality: displacing fear -- Conclusion: Invisible, Inc. -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Becoming indigenous again, for the survival of their community.
9780826520586
Manta Indians-Ecuador-Agua Blanca..
Manta Indians-Ethnic identity..
Culture and tourism-Ecuador-Agua Blanca..
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.-bisacsh.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions.-bisacsh.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography.-bisacsh.
Agua Blanca (Ecuador)-Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
F3791.M37 .S658 2015
986.6