i read a great book on brazilian women (encompasses a lot
of diversity - it's by a german collective). if it sounds like
something you would be interested in, i'd go through the
trouble of looking up the reference. "i, rigoberta menchu"
(guatemala) is another suggestion. "Viva- women and
popular protest in latin america" by radcliffe and westwood
- is great.
last but not least :) is my suggestion for you to
look up the project i'm working on called 'talking
about development' - it's an international interview
series focusing on latam economics, human rights,
political participation. it's at:
http://www.umich.edu/~fiatlux/td/
good luck,
Vera Britto
(fiatlux@umich.edu - http://www.umich.edu/~fiatlux)
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Le Bret: Si tu laissais un peu ton ame mousquetaire, la fortune et la
gloire... Cyrano: Et que faudrait-il faire? Chercher un protecteur
puissant, prendre un patron, et, comme un lierre obscur que circonvient
un tronc et s'en fait un tuteur en lui lechant l'ecorce, grimper par
ruse au lieu de s'elever par force? Non, merci! Non, merci! Non, merci!
Mais... chanter, rever, rire, passer, etre seul, etre libre... oui.
"Cyrano de Bergerac" - Edmond Rostand
On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, Suzanne M. Baker wrote:
> Hello. I am new to this list, so I don't know if this is an appropriate
> topic for this forum - excuse me if it is not.
>
> I will be teaching an anthropology course entitled "People and Cultures of
> Latin America" in the fall, and am in the process of choosing textbooks.
> Although I did my fieldwork in Latin America, and have several ideas for
> texts, I would like to hear from anyone who has found particular textbooks
> (either readers or ethnographies) especially useful or compelling. The
> students are undergraduates, most with little or no background in anthropology.
>
> Thank you in advance for your suggestions.
>
>