Honduras in Dangerous Times - Resistance and Resilience

Honduras in Dangerous Times is a historical and ethnographic study of the evolution of popular resistance in modern Honduras. This book contributes to understanding societal change in dangerous contexts, connecting everyday lives to broad societal movements, and emphasizing popular resistance as both critical and creative.

List of contents

Acronyms and Organizations
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Encounters with Honduras: Resistance and Resilience
Chapter 2 A Culture of Domination
Chapter 3 Weapons of the Strong
Chapter 4 Evolution of a Culture of Resistance
Chapter 5 Patterns of Indigenous Resistance
Chapter 6 Nourishing Resilience: Food, Environment, Community
Chapter 7 The Legal Order: Challenging Judicial and Political Systems
Chapter 8 Ancient Weapon of the People: Popular Culture
Chapter 9 Spirits Helping Us: A Spiritual Struggle?
Chapter 10 The United States Connection: Intervention, Solidarity, and Resistance
Chapter 11 A Conclusion...or Is It?
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

James Phillips is adjunct assistant professor of anthropology and international studies at Southern Oregon University.

Summary

Honduras in Dangerous Times is a historical and ethnographic study of the evolution of popular resistance in modern Honduras. This book contributes to understanding societal change in dangerous contexts, connecting everyday lives to broad societal movements, and emphasizing popular resistance as both critical and creative.

Product details

• Authors: James Phillips, James J. Phillips, Phillips James J.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781498529471
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-2947-1
• No. of pages: 290
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Political activism, Honduras, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology, Political ideologies and movements, Political activism / Political engagement