Contested identities : urbanisation and indigenous identity in the Ecuadorian Amazon

This thesis is a study of indigenous urbanisation and ethnic identity in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Taking as its focus Shuar urban residents of the rainforest city Sucúa, it argues that urban indigenous residents feel simultaneously more and less ‘indigenous’ than their more ‘rural’ counterparts. On th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Driscoll, Emma
Other Authors: Peluso, Daniela
Published: University of Kent 2015
Subjects:
301
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.643532