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Globalization has reached even the most remote areas of Latin America, pushing traditional peoples and habitats to the brink of extinction and offering a stark choice: adapt or perish. Local communities are scrambling to adjust to new market and social realities while trying to hold on to those cultural values that they regard as non-negotiable.
This book tells the important story of three Latin American communities experiencing globalization at the point of contact between tradition and modernity: Brazil's rubber tappers, Bolivia's Guaraní Indians, and Nicaragua's women cooperativists. Through exclusive, in-depth interviews, Heyck describes globalization and development in the words of people who are experiencing these forces at the grassroots level. The result is a multifaceted understanding of local and global connections and of the human, cultural, and religious dimensions of globalization.
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Heyck (Loyola Univ.) gives voice to campesinos in some of the poorest communities in Latin America who have been severely affected by the negative impacts of "economic globalization" (export-led development imposed by IMF/World Bank). These communities reflect the ethnic, linguistic, and cultural diversity of the continent: mixed-race, Portuguese-speaking seringueiros (rubber tappers) of the Brazilian Amazon who continue to fight against environmental degradation and other abuses championed by their fallen leader Chico Mendes; Spanish and Guarani-speaking Guarani Indians of Bolivia struggling to preserve land and cultural autonomy; and Spanish-speaking mestizo women of postrevolutionary Nicaragua who are resisting state-led efforts to destroy their agricultural and savings cooperatives. An excellent general introduction includes precise and jargon-free definitions of key terms such as "globalization," "traditional communities," and "neoliberalism." For each of the three communities, the author provides a specific introduction followed by select voices of key leaders and ordinary folks transcribed and edited from extensive field notes and interviews. Taken together, these voices powerfully project how even the most oppressed and abused victims of late capitalist globalization organize, mobilize, and find any means possible to act as "active agents on their own behalf." Heyck also highlights the positive and negative roles the Catholic Church and missionaries played in these deeply religious communities. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. All levels and collections. E. Hu-DeHart Brown University
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Acknowledgments | p. 7 |
Introduction | p. 11 |
Part I Brazil | |
Introduction | p. 25 |
Interviews | |
Julio Barbosa | p. 51 |
Raimundo Mendes de Barros | p. 60 |
Marina Silva | p. 68 |
Francisco das Chagas | p. 76 |
Manoel Estebio Cavalcante da Cunha | p. 87 |
Dom Moacyr Grechi | p. 95 |
Conclusion | p. 107 |
Part II Bolivia | |
Introduction | p. 111 |
Interviews | |
Pascuala Arebayo, Rosario Mendoza, Gregoria Catuire, and Santos Arebayo | p. 135 |
Paulina Munoz | p. 138 |
Jorge Gallardo (Machirope) | p. 142 |
Feliciano Tarraga | p. 152 |
Facundo Galean | p. 163 |
Valerio Munoz | p. 170 |
Angela Tague | p. 174 |
Susana de Chavez | p. 177 |
Maura McCarthy, PBVM | p. 182 |
Conclusion | p. 195 |
Part III Nicaragua | |
Introduction | p. 201 |
Interviews | |
Maria del Rosario Flores Neira | p. 223 |
Juanita Medina de Matus | p. 234 |
Olfania Medina | p. 241 |
Juanita Solorzano Gaitan, Bertha Rosa Rojas, Lorena Solorzano, Zoila Maria Rojas Calero, and William Vivas Soto | p. 253 |
Gloria Siesar Gonzalez | p. 261 |
Nubia Boniche Calero | p. 267 |
Guilhermina Barrera Moncada and Edmundo Gonzalez Matute | p. 273 |
Conclusion | p. 281 |
Conclusion | p. 285 |
Bibliography | p. 290 |
Index | p. 295 |