ISBN:
0520928474
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0585468478
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9780520928473
,
9780585468471
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 240 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
972/.35
Keywords:
HISTORY.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
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Indians of Mexico / Urban residence
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Rural-urban migration
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Social history
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Geschichte
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Sozialgeschichte
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Indians of Mexico Urban residence
;
Rural-urban migration
;
Mexiko
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-235) and index
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Internationalizing region, expanding city, neighborhoods in transition -- - Migration, space, and belonging -- - Religious discourses and the politics of modernity -- - Medical pluralism: medicina popular and medicina alternativa -- - Becoming a mujercita: rituals, fiestas, and religious discourses -- - Neither married, widowed, single, or divorced: gender negotiation, compliance, and resistance
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Exploring issues of migration, medicine, religion, and gender, this work analyses everyday practices of urban living in Guadalajara, Mexico. Drawing on fieldwork over a ten-year period, Velentina Napolitano paints a vibrant picture of daily life in a low-income neighbourhood of Guadalajara
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520233188.001.0001
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