Esperanza Speaks - Confronting a Century of Global Change in Rural Panama

This short, engaging book details the life history of Esperanza Ruiz and four generations of her family. Their stories recount a century of change in a poor highland community in Panama, and how ordinary people struggle, survive, and impact history.

List of contents

Illustrations
Boxes
Acknowledgments
People You Will Meet
The Ruiz Family: Kinship Chart
Introductions
1. The Isthmus of Panama: Two Different Worlds (pre-1920s)
2. Childhood: As Soon as I Opened My Eyes (1920s-1930s)
3. Youth: I Could Always Quit and Go Home (1940s-1950s)
4. Adult: A Voice Meant to Be Heard (1960s-1980s)
5. Elder: Doors Open, Doors Close (1990s-2019)
6. Next Generations: Who’s Heading Home Again? (2019)
Concluding Thoughts
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

About the author

By Gloria Rudolf

Summary

This short, engaging book details the life history of Esperanza Ruiz and four generations of her family. Their stories recount a century of change in a poor highland community in Panama, and how ordinary people struggle, survive, and impact history.

Product details

• Authors: Gloria Rudolf
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781487594701
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-9470-1
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom; Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnogra
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology