Politics of Entanglement in the Americas
Connecting Transnational Flows and Local Perspectives
Published on 23. August 2017
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The Americas manifest a long history of (often forced) entanglements that resulted-amongst others-in migration processes, uneven economic structures, transnational networks of individuals, and political institutions of colonialist origin. This diachronic dimension is profoundly infused with the persistent inequalities shaped by coloniality. Indigenous movements in the Andean region have framed their demands in a narration of anti-colonial resistance since the times of the Conquest, a narration that opens up perspectives towards new political projects, as can be seen in the debate on the alternative cosmovision of
Buen Vivir
. In the United States, African American endeavors like the Civil Rights movement and the Black Power movement created inter-American networks in order to encourage and enforce a historically informed race consciousness in politics.
This volume convenes scholars from various disciplines of the humanities who analyze processes and politics of entanglement in the American subcontinents from different perspectives on transnationality and, by doing so, challenge the 'traditional' divide between North American and Latin American Studies. The contributions focus upon transnational flows and actors in the Americas as well as upon local manifestations of transnational political networks. While centering their analysis on the 20th century, the authors are aware of the historical conditionality of the explored and examined processes and developments. Based upon empirical research, they highlight the necessity for profound conceptual reconsiderations in area studies.
This volume convenes scholars from various disciplines of the humanities who analyze processes and politics of entanglement in the American subcontinents from different perspectives on transnationality and, by doing so, challenge the 'traditional' divide between North American and Latin American Studies. The contributions focus upon transnational flows and actors in the Americas as well as upon local manifestations of transnational political networks. While centering their analysis on the 20th century, the authors are aware of the historical conditionality of the explored and examined processes and developments. Based upon empirical research, they highlight the necessity for profound conceptual reconsiderations in area studies.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LUKAS REHM, JOCHEN KEMNER, OLAF KALTMEIER
Introduction: Politics of Entanglement in the Americas-
Connecting Transnational Flows and Local Perspectives 1
1. TRANSNATIONAL FLOWS ENTANGLING THE AMERICAS
LUKAS REHM
Section One: Transnational Flows Entangling the Americas 9
MATTI STEINITZ
Black Power in a paraíso racial ? The Black Rio Movement, U.S. Soul Music, and
Afro-Brazilian Mobilizations under Military Rule (1970-1976) 13
DOROTHEA GAIL
Appropriation by the Appropriated: The Commodification of Latino Ethnicity in
Detroit Techno's Underground Resistance 31
ANDREA ALTHOFF
Migration, Gender, and the Transformation of Latino and Latina Religious
Identities in the United States: Findings from Field Research in Chicago
Immigrant Pentecostal Communities 47
2. TRANSNATIONAL ACTORS
JOCHEN KEMNER
Section Two: Entangling Transnational Civil Actors 69
JULIA ROTH
Feminist Politics of Connectedness in the Americas 73
SEBASTIAN GARBE Tracing the Mapuche Rhizome-Decolonial Perspectives on Solidarity within
Transnational Social Movements 97
PETER VAN DAM
The Puzzle of Postcolonial Entanglement: Fair Trade Activism
in the 1960s and 1970s 115
MARTIN BREUER
The Nexus of Indigenismo and International Development Cooperation in Peru:
The Examples of the Vicos-Cornell and the Puno-Tambopata Projects in the 1950s and 1960s 129
3. POLITICS OF ENTANGLEMENTS FROM THE LOCAL PERPSPECTIVE
OLAF KALTMEIER
Section Three: Politics of Entanglements from the Local Perspective 151
JOSÉ ANTONIO VILLARREAL
The "art of service": Intermediation as a Sociopolitical Practice of the
Urban Poor in Guayaquil 155
KIRWIN R. SHAFFER
Libertarian Entanglements in the Caribbean: Transnational Transfers, Geopolitical
Imaginaries, and Anarchist Media in Havana 171
CARMEN IBÁÑEZ
Where is the Development? Challenging the Concept of Development from the
Perspective of Buen Vivir 187
CRUZ ARMANDO GONZÁLEZ IZAGUIRRE
Negotiating for a Plot during Land Invasions in Sinaloa, Mexico, 1976-1988:
Two Cases of Women's Political Involvement 201
CONTRIBUTORS 215
LUKAS REHM, JOCHEN KEMNER, OLAF KALTMEIER
Introduction: Politics of Entanglement in the Americas-
Connecting Transnational Flows and Local Perspectives 1
1. TRANSNATIONAL FLOWS ENTANGLING THE AMERICAS
LUKAS REHM
Section One: Transnational Flows Entangling the Americas 9
MATTI STEINITZ
Black Power in a paraíso racial ? The Black Rio Movement, U.S. Soul Music, and
Afro-Brazilian Mobilizations under Military Rule (1970-1976) 13
DOROTHEA GAIL
Appropriation by the Appropriated: The Commodification of Latino Ethnicity in
Detroit Techno's Underground Resistance 31
ANDREA ALTHOFF
Migration, Gender, and the Transformation of Latino and Latina Religious
Identities in the United States: Findings from Field Research in Chicago
Immigrant Pentecostal Communities 47
2. TRANSNATIONAL ACTORS
JOCHEN KEMNER
Section Two: Entangling Transnational Civil Actors 69
JULIA ROTH
Feminist Politics of Connectedness in the Americas 73
SEBASTIAN GARBE Tracing the Mapuche Rhizome-Decolonial Perspectives on Solidarity within
Transnational Social Movements 97
PETER VAN DAM
The Puzzle of Postcolonial Entanglement: Fair Trade Activism
in the 1960s and 1970s 115
MARTIN BREUER
The Nexus of Indigenismo and International Development Cooperation in Peru:
The Examples of the Vicos-Cornell and the Puno-Tambopata Projects in the 1950s and 1960s 129
3. POLITICS OF ENTANGLEMENTS FROM THE LOCAL PERPSPECTIVE
OLAF KALTMEIER
Section Three: Politics of Entanglements from the Local Perspective 151
JOSÉ ANTONIO VILLARREAL
The "art of service": Intermediation as a Sociopolitical Practice of the
Urban Poor in Guayaquil 155
KIRWIN R. SHAFFER
Libertarian Entanglements in the Caribbean: Transnational Transfers, Geopolitical
Imaginaries, and Anarchist Media in Havana 171
CARMEN IBÁÑEZ
Where is the Development? Challenging the Concept of Development from the
Perspective of Buen Vivir 187
CRUZ ARMANDO GONZÁLEZ IZAGUIRRE
Negotiating for a Plot during Land Invasions in Sinaloa, Mexico, 1976-1988:
Two Cases of Women's Political Involvement 201
CONTRIBUTORS 215