Begging As a Path to Progress : Indigenous Women and Children and the Struggle for Ecuador's Urban Spaces.
Swanson, Kate.
Begging As a Path to Progress : Indigenous Women and Children and the Struggle for Ecuador's Urban Spaces. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (163 pages) - Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation Series ; v.2 . - Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Unraveling Myths -- ONE. Ecuador: Economic Crisis, Poverty, and Indigenous Identities -- TWO. Indigenous Childhoods: Gender, Work, Education, and Migration in the Andes -- THREE. Migrant Childhoods: Street Work and Youth Identities -- FOUR. Antibegging Rhetoric: Gendered Beggars, Child Beggars, and "Disguised" Beggars -- FIVE. Race, Space, and the City: Whitening the Streets of Quito and Guayaquil -- Conclusion: Begging as a Path to Progress -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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 CalhuasÃ, Equador's beggars are capable of canny engagement with the forces of change.
9780820337036
Urban Indians-South America-Ecuador-Quito.
Indian women-Ecuador-Quito-Economic conditions.
Indian women-Ecuador-Quito-Social conditions.
Indian children-Ecuador-Quito-Economic conditions.
Rural-urban migration-Ecuador-Quito.
Quito (Ecuador)-Social conditions.
Quito (Ecuador)-Economic conditions.
Electronic books.
F3721.1.Q55 S93 2010
307.2/41608998086613
Begging As a Path to Progress : Indigenous Women and Children and the Struggle for Ecuador's Urban Spaces. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (163 pages) - Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation Series ; v.2 . - Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Unraveling Myths -- ONE. Ecuador: Economic Crisis, Poverty, and Indigenous Identities -- TWO. Indigenous Childhoods: Gender, Work, Education, and Migration in the Andes -- THREE. Migrant Childhoods: Street Work and Youth Identities -- FOUR. Antibegging Rhetoric: Gendered Beggars, Child Beggars, and "Disguised" Beggars -- FIVE. Race, Space, and the City: Whitening the Streets of Quito and Guayaquil -- Conclusion: Begging as a Path to Progress -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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 CalhuasÃ, Equador's beggars are capable of canny engagement with the forces of change.
9780820337036
Urban Indians-South America-Ecuador-Quito.
Indian women-Ecuador-Quito-Economic conditions.
Indian women-Ecuador-Quito-Social conditions.
Indian children-Ecuador-Quito-Economic conditions.
Rural-urban migration-Ecuador-Quito.
Quito (Ecuador)-Social conditions.
Quito (Ecuador)-Economic conditions.
Electronic books.
F3721.1.Q55 S93 2010
307.2/41608998086613