TY - BOOK AU - Swanson,Kate TI - Begging As a Path to Progress: Indigenous Women and Children and the Struggle for Ecuador's Urban Spaces T2 - Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation Series SN - 9780820337036 AV - F3721.1.Q55 S93 2010 U1 - 307.2/41608998086613 PY - 2010/// CY - Athens PB - University of Georgia Press KW - Urban Indians-South America-Ecuador-Quito KW - Indian women-Ecuador-Quito-Economic conditions KW - Indian women-Ecuador-Quito-Social conditions KW - Indian children-Ecuador-Quito-Economic conditions KW - Rural-urban migration-Ecuador-Quito KW - Quito (Ecuador)-Social conditions KW - Quito (Ecuador)-Economic conditions KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3038877 ER -