Ethnicity, Class, and the Indigenous Struggle for Land in Guerrero, Mexico
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Agrarian Affairs
agrarian reform
Agrarian Rights
Amuzgo community land conflict
Author_Norberto Valdez
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Behaviors Analysts
Campesino Families
campesino studies
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Cattle Truck
Civil Religious Hierarchy
class structure
Como Siempre
Ejido Lands
Ejido Rights
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ethnicity
gender and land tenure
Heavy Construction Equipment
Indigenous Communal Lands
indigenous communities
indigenous land rights
International Banks
Mexican Countryside
Mexican society
Mexico City
Nationalist Programs
peasant resistance history
peasant struggles
Purported Mediator
social stratification Mexico
Spanish Language
Traditional Small Farmer
Young Man
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- ISBN 9781138993563
- Weight: 370g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 26 Aug 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This study focuses on Amuzgo Indian communities of the Costa Chica of Guerrero state in Mexico in order to analyze the indigenous struggle for land and its relationship to ethnic identity and culture. Primary archival data and field research reveal a historical profile of this multi-ethnic region with a long and fascinating history of resistance to non-Indian control of communal lands and labor. The dynamics of 19th century liberal economic reforms, privatization of Indian lands, militarization, interventions of foreign capital, class conflicts, and impoverishment are reflected in contemporary processes in the Costa Chica. The image of the resilient peasant, or campesino , masks negative aspects of peasant status in the class structure, including poverty and superexploitation of family labor, and the intra and inter-familial conflicts that are a significant aspect of daily life. Case studies of land conflicts explore these class issues, as well as the relationship between gender inequalities and insecurities of land tenure. Indian communal lands (ejidos ) are more than an economic means of agricultural production; such lands are also the basis of cultural reproduction and provide a framework in which political resistance can emerge. Bibliography. Index
