Portraits of Persistence - Inequality and Hope in Latin America

Profiles of triumph and hardship amid massive inequality in Latin America.

Sommario

• Introduction (Alison Coffey and Javier Auyero)
• Chapter 1. Soraya, la Reina del Sur in Nicaragua (Dennis Rodgers)
• Chapter 2. Maíra: Mothering and Struggle in the Shadow of State Violence (Alison Coffey)
• Chapter 3. Rodrigo: “Many Secrets, Nothing to Hide”—Security Entrepreneurship in Mexico City (Eldad Levy)
• Chapter 4. Fabio and Angélica: The Resistance of Staying Put (Alex Diamond)
• Chapter 5. Doris Huaiquian: Newen, Tenacity of Spirit (Cinthya E. Ammerman)
• Chapter 6. Aurelia: Displacement, Toxicity, and the Struggle for Home (Maricarmen Hernández)
• Chapter 7. Hamid: A Life Deferred in Brazil (Katherine Jensen)
• Chapter 8. María: Obligated by Circumstances—From Temporary to Precariously Permanent in the United States (Jennifer Scott)
• Chapter 9. Ezequiel: A Laburante in Argentina’s Relegated Neighborhoods (Marcos Perez)
• Chapter 10. Nelson and Celia: Feeling Potholes and Debt in the Bones (Jorge Derpic)
• Chapter 11. Big Love: A Political Broker at Work (Javier Auyero and Sofía Servián)
• Chapter 12. Alberto: Service Work and Social Change in Argentina (Katherine Sobering)
• Afterword (Javier Auyero)
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors
• Index

Info autore

Javier Auyero

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Javier (EDT) Auyero
• Con la collaborazione di: Javier Auyero (Editore)
• Editore: University Of Texas Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.03.2024
• EAN: 9781477328989
• ISBN: 978-1-4773-2898-9
• Pagine: 304
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale