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Begging As A Path To Progress: Indigenous Women And Children And The Struggle For Ecuador'S Urban Spaces (Geographies Of Justice,New
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In 1992, Calhuas, An Isolated Andean Town, Got Its First Road. Newly Connected To Ecuadors Large Cities, Calhuas Experienced Rapid Socialspatial Change, Which Kate Swanson Richly Describes In Begging As A Path To Progress.Based On Nineteen Months Of Fieldwork, Swansons Study Pays Particular Attention To The Ideas And Practices Surrounding Youth. While Begging Seems To Be Inconsistent Withor Even An Affront Toideas About Childhood In The Developed World, Swanson Demonstrates That The Majority Of Income Earned From Begging Goes Toward Funding Ecuadorian Childrens Educations In Hopes Of Securing More Prosperous Futures.Examining Beggars Organized Migration Networks, As Well As The Degree To Which Children Can Express Agency And Fulfill Personal Ambitions Through Begging, Swanson Argues That Calhuass Beggars Are Capable Of Canny Engagement With The Forces Of Change. She Also Shows How Frequent Movement Between Rural And Urban Ecuador Has Altered Both, Masculinizing The Countryside And Complicating The Ecuadorian Conflation Of Whiteness And Cities. Finally, Her Study Unpacks Ongoing Conflicts Over Programs To Clean Up Quito And Other Major Cities, Noting That Revanchist Efforts Have Had Multiple Effectsspurring More Dangerous Transnational Migration, For Example, While Also Providing Some Women And Children With Touristfriendly Local Spaces In Which To Sell A Notion Of Andean Authenticity.
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