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  • Mayas in the Marketplace

    Tourism, Globalization, and Cultural Identity

    by Walter E. Little ...
    2005 — Best Book Award – New England Council of Latin American StudiesSelling handicrafts to tourists has brought the Maya peoples of Guatemala into the world market. Vendors from rural communities now offer their wares to more than 500,000 international tourists annually in the marketplaces of larger cities such as Antigua, Guatemala City, Panajachel, and Chichicastenango. Like businesspeople ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Norms and Illegality

    Intimate Ethnographies and Politics

    by Cristiana Panella, Isabella Clough Marinaro, Andrew Walsh, Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld, Lorelei C. Mendoza, B. Lynne Milgram, Florence E. Babb, Michael Herzfeld, Walter E. Little, Gordon Mathews1, Alan Smart2 ...
    Norms and Illegality: Intimate Ethnographies and Politics explores liminal and illegal practices in relation to political control and cultural normativity.The contributors draw on years of ethnographic experiences in Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Italy, Madagascar, Mali, Philippines, and Thailand to study the contradictions of what is legal and illegal. They explore the production of illegal ... Read more

    $120.99 CAD

  • Complications in Cardiothoracic Surgery

    Avoidance and Treatment

    Edited by Alex G. Little MD, Walter H. Merrill MD ...
    Written to supplement standard textbooks and operative atlases, this updated reference concentrates on the issue of complication prevention and treatment. By challenging the contributors to address specific issues related to both intraoperative techniques and post-operative care that will reduce the incidence of complications, Drs. Little and Merrill present a book that reinforces the commitment ... Read more

    $207.99 CAD

  • Textile Economies

    Power and Value from the Local to the Transnational

    Edited by Patricia A. McAnany, Walter E. Little ...
    Series series Society for Economic Anthropology Monograph Series
    Textiles have been a highly valued and central part of the politics of human societies across culture divides and over millennia. The economy of textiles provides insight into the fabric of social relations, local and global politics, and diverse ideologies. Textiles are a material element of society that fosters the study of continuities and disjunctions in the economic and social realities of ... Read more

    $168.99 CAD

  • The Ethnography of Tourism

    Edward Bruner and Beyond

    by Naomi M. Leite, Quetzil E. Castañeda, Margaret Byrne Swain, Julia Harrison, Mary Mostafanezhad, David Picard, Kathleen M. Adams, Edward M. Bruner0, Nelson Graburn1, Walter E. Little2, Sally Ann Ness3, Valerio Simoni4, Dr. Michael A. Di Giovine5 ...
    Series series The Anthropology of Tourism: Heritage, Mobility, and Society
    **Winner of the 2020 Edward M. Bruner Book Award from the Anthropology of Tourism Interest Group**"Leite, Castaneda, and Adams's volume is a beautiful retrospective of the enduring importance of Ed Bruner's work and legacy in our field, and we have no doubt that it will be used as a central historical, theoretical, and teaching text by many." - Prize CommitteeWhat does it mean to study tourism ... Read more

    $52.99 CAD

  • On Being Maya and Getting By

    Heritage Politics and Community Development in Yucatán

    by Sarah R. Taylor ...
    Series series IMS Culture and Society
    On Being Maya and Getting By is an ethnographic study of the two Ek’Balams—a notable archaeological site and adjacent village—of the Yucatán Peninsula. When the archaeological site became a tourist destination, the village became the location of a community-based tourism development project funded by the Mexican government. Overt displays of heritage and a connection to Maya antiquity became ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

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    Sex and Tourism in Cuba and the Dominican Republic

    by Amalia L. Cabezas ...
    Is a native-born tour guide who has sex with tourists—in exchange for dinner or gifts or cash—merely a prostitute or gigolo? What if the tourist continues to send gifts or money to the tour guide after returning home? As this original and provocative book demonstrates, when it comes to sex—and the effects of capitalism and globalization—nothing is as simple as it might seem.Based on ten years of ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Black Women against the Land Grab

    The Fight for Racial Justice in Brazil

    by Keisha-Khan Y. Perry ...
    In Brazil and throughout the African diaspora, black women, especially poor black women, are rarely considered leaders of social movements let alone political theorists. But in the northeastern city of Salvador, Brazil, it is these very women who determine how urban policies are established. Focusing on the Gamboa de Baixo neighborhood in Salvador’s city center, Black Women against the Land Grab ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • The Tourism Encounter

    Fashioning Latin American Nations and Histories

    by Florence Babb ...
    In recent decades, several Latin American nations have experienced political transitions that have caused a decline in tourism. In spite of—or even because of—that history, these areas are again becoming popular destinations. This work reveals that in post-conflict nations, tourism often takes up where social transformation leaves off and sometimes benefits from formerly off-limits status ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • U.S. Central Americans

    Reconstructing Memories, Struggles, and Communities of Resistance

    Edited by Karina Oliva Alvarado, Alicia Ivonne Estrada, Ester E. Hernández ...
    In summer 2014, a surge of unaccompanied child migrants from Central America to the United States gained mainstream visibility—yet migration from Central America has been happening for decades. U.S. Central Americans explores the shared yet distinctive experiences, histories, and cultures of 1.5-and second-generation Central Americans in the United States.While much has been written about U.S. and ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Monumental Ambivalence

    The Politics of Heritage

    by Lisa C. Breglia ...
    Series series Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture
    From ancient Maya cities in Mexico and Central America to the Taj Mahal in India, cultural heritage sites around the world are being drawn into the wave of privatization that has already swept through such economic sectors as telecommunications, transportation, and utilities. As nation-states decide they can no longer afford to maintain cultural properties—or find it economically advantageous not ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Gastropolitics and the Specter of Race

    Stories of Capital, Culture, and Coloniality in Peru

    by María Elena García ...
    Series Book 76 - California Studies in Food and Culture
    In recent years, Peru has transformed from a war-torn country to a global high-end culinary destination. Connecting chefs, state agencies, global capital, and Indigenous producers, this “gastronomic revolution” makes powerful claims: food unites Peruvians, dissolves racial antagonisms, and fuels development. Gastropolitics and the Specter of Race critically evaluates these claims and tracks the ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD