Land Grab : Green Neoliberalism, Gender, and Garifuna Resistance in Honduras.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (248 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Death and a (Land?) Motive -- 1. Identity, Labor, and the Banana Economy -- 2. Development and Territorialization on the North Coast -- 3. Mestizo Irregularities, Garifuna Displacement, and the Emergence of a "Mixed" Garifuna Community -- 4. Gendered Rights and Responsibilities: Privatization and Women's Land Loss in Sambo Creek -- 5. Representing the Garifuna: Development, Territory, Indigeneity, and Gendered Activism -- 6. Roots, Rights, and Belonging in Sambo Creek -- 7. "Businessmen Disguised as Environmentalists": Neoliberal Conservation in Garifuna Territory -- 8. Research Voluntourism as Rights-Based Conservation: Could It Work? -- 9. Neoliberalism's Limit Points in Post-Coup Honduras -- Conclusion: Counterpunches to "Honduras Is Open for Business" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.