African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Originally published: London : Latin American Bureau, 2006., 205 p., Relates the story of Grupo Cultural AfroReggae, an organization based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that employs music and an appreciation for black culture to inspire residents of shantytowns to resist the drugs that are ruining their neighborhoods.
Carlisle Barracks, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
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African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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4 p., The growing violence and instability in Mexico and the Caribbean will clearly demand greater attention from the United States in the future. This conference, held at the University of Pittsburgh campus on October 28-30, 2009 offered an important opportunity to assess these threats, and to consider what can be done to counter them. Includes chapter "Perspectives on the Caribbean."
This article compares the transformation of carnival celebrations in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Montevideo, Uruguay at the beginning of the 20th century. It argues that changes in carnival practices in the River Plate region was linked to the rise of a vacation culture in Montevideo. The article also assesses the historiography on Montevideo's carnival which has cast a negative light on the impact of modernization and the festival. In comparison to Buenos Aires', carnival in Montevideo was fomented by governmental regulation. Finally, the article examines the relationship between carnival and each of the city's African-descent populations.
Explores female entrepreneurial activities in 13 Latin American and Caribbean countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Venezuela. Specifically explores the following research questions: What percentage of the female and male Latin American populations is involved in opportunity- and necessity-based entrepreneurial activities? And what quality of institutions is associated with female entrepreneurial activity opportunity and necessity rates?
Quito, Ecuador: Abya-Yala : Agence canadienne de développement international
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African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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436 p., Cómo han construido y construyen sus identidades étnicas y de género las mujeres y hombres negros del norte de Esmeraldas?, es la pregunta central de investigación que se plantea la autora. Sobre la base de un enfoque integrado de varias corrientes críticas del pensamiento social y combinando la investigación bibliográfica y el trabajo de campo en dos comunidades representativas, la autora resuelve la pregunta planteada inicialmente.
