Begging as a Path to Progress : Indigenous Women and Children and the Struggle for Ecuador's Urban Spaces

Kate Swanson

ISBN 10: 0820334650 / ISBN 13: 9780820334653

Verlag: University Of Georgia Press Mär 2010, 2010

Beschreibung

Neuware - Examining beggars' organized migration networks, as well as the degree to which children can express agency and fulfill personal ambitions through begging, the author argues that Calhuasi's beggars are capable of canny engagement with the forces of change.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780820334653

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Begging as a Path to Progress : Indigenous Women and Children and the Struggle for Ecuador's Urban Spaces
• Verlag: University Of Georgia Press Mär 2010
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0820334650
• ISBN-13: 9780820334653
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 230B x 154 H x 15 T Millimeter Breite: 230 mm, Höhe: 154 mm, Tiefe: 15 mm
• Gewicht: 235 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

In 1992, Calhuasí, an isolated Andean town, got its first road. Newly connected to Ecuador’s large cities, Calhuasí experienced rapid social-spatial change, which Kate Swanson richly describes in Begging as a Path to Progress.

Based on nineteen months of fieldwork, Swanson’s study pays particular attention to the ideas and practices surrounding youth. While begging seems to be inconsistent with—or even an affront to—ideas about childhood in the developed world, Swanson demonstrates that the majority of income earned from begging goes toward funding Ecuadorian children’s educations in hopes of securing more prosperous futures.

Examining beggars’ organized migration networks, as well as the degree to which children can express agency and fulfill personal ambitions through begging, Swanson argues that Calhuasí’s beggars are capable of canny engagement with the forces of change. She also shows how frequent movement between rural and urban Ecuador has altered both, masculinizing the countryside and complicating the Ecuadorian conflation of whiteness and cities. Finally, her study unpacks ongoing conflicts over programs to “clean up” Quito and other major cities, noting that revanchist efforts have had multiple effects—spurring more dangerous transnational migration, for example, while also providing some women and children with tourist-friendly local spaces in which to sell a notion of Andean authenticity.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

KATE SWANSON is an associate professor of geography at San Diego State University. She has published her work in a variety of journals including: Annals of the Association of American Geographers; Antipode; Gender, Place & Culture; Environmental Management; and Urban Geography. Currently, she is a coeditor of Emotion, Space and Society.

Kate Swanson is an assistant professor of geography at San Diego State University.