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

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 Calhuasí, Equador's beggars are capable of canny engagement with the forces of change.

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