Research Catalog

Title

Indigenous encounters with neoliberalism : place, women, and the environment in Canada and Mexico / Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez.

Author

Altamirano-Jiménez, Isabel

Publication

Vancouver : UBC Press, 2013.

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Description

267 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"The recognition of Indigenous rights and the management of land and resources have always been fraught with complex power relations and conflicting expressions of identity. In Indigenous Encounters with Neoliberalism, Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez explores how this issue is playing out in two countries very differently marked by neoliberalism's local expressions - Canada and Mexico. Weaving together four distinct case studies, two from each country - Nunavut, the Nisga'a, the Zapatista Caracoles in Chiapas, and the Zapotec from Juchitán - Altamirano-Jiménez presents insights from Indigenous feminism, critical geography, political economy, and post-colonial studies. These specific examples highlight Indigenous people's responses to neoliberalism in their respective countries, reflecting the tensions that result from how Indigenous identity, gender, and the environment have been connected. Indigenous women's perspectives are particularly illuminating as they articulate diverse aspirations and concerns within a wider political framework. What emerges is a theoretical and empirical discussion of how indigeneity as an act of articulation is embedded in tensions between local needs and global wants. By exploring Indigenous peoples' relations to and in different locations, this study attempts to uncover the complexities of materializing neoliberalism and the fluidity of indigeneity."--Publisher's website.

Series Statement

Women and indigenous studies series, 1924-1410

Uniform Title

Women and indigenous studies series.

Subject

• Indian women > Chiapas > Case studies
• Indians of Mexico > Chiapas > Case studies
• Inuit > Nunavut > Case studies
• Inuit women > Nunavut > Case studies
• Neoliberalism > Canada
• Neoliberalism > Mexico
• Niska Indians > Case studies
• Niska women > Case studies
• Traditional ecological knowledge > Canada > Case studies
• Traditional ecological knowledge > Mexico > Case studies
• Zapotec Indians > Juchitán de Zaragoza > Case studies
• Zapotec women > Juchitán de Zaragoza > Case studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also issued in electronic format.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: The Articulation of Indigeneity and Neoliberal Governance -- The Political Economy of Indigeneity Articulation -- Indigeneity, Nature, and Neoliberalism -- Nunavut: Arctic Homeland and Frontier -- The Nisga'a "Common Bowl," Gender, and Property Rights -- The Zapatista Movement: Place-Driven Recognition? -- Indigeneity, Land, and Gender in Oaxaca -- Conclusion: Toward Spaces of Indigenous Repossessions.

ISBN

• 9780774825085
• 0774825081

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Harvard Library