NAFTA stories : fears and hopes in Mexico and the United States /

NAFTA stories : fears and hopes in Mexico and the United States /

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Author / Creator:Kingsolver, Ann E., 1960-
Imprint:Boulder : L. Rienner Publishers, 2001.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 252 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Canada. -- Treaties, etc. -- 1992 October 7 -- Public opinion.
North American Free Trade Agreement (1992 December 17)
Free trade -- North America -- Public opinion.
Public opinion -- Mexico.
Public opinion -- United States.
Free trade -- Public opinion.
Public opinion.
Mexico.
North America.
United States.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11403087
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Varying Form of Title:Fears and hopes in Mexico and the United States
ISBN:1588261832
9781588261830
1555879748
9781555879747
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-240) and index.
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Summary:Ann Kingsolver presents stories people have told about NAFTA--young people and old, urban and rural, with differing political perspectives, occupations, and other markers of identity--that demonstrate their expectations and imaginations of the sweeping trade agreement. NAFTA, Kingsolver contends, both before and after its passage, became a catch-all in public discourse for tensions related to neoliberal policies and to economic and cultural processes of globalization. The storytellers in her book, from Mexico, Kentucky, and California, imagined the meaning and possible effects of regional inte.
Other form:Print version: Kingsolver, Ann E., 1960- NAFTA stories. Boulder : L. Rienner Publishers, 2001 1555879748
Table of Contents:
  • ""Book Title""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Ill. 2.1 Waiting for the miracle (Ahumada in La Jornada, July 28, 1993)""; ""Ill. 2.2 Los milagros [The miracles] (Photo by Ann E. Kingsolver)""; ""Ill. 3.1 187: The Wall (Kemchs. Los Caricaturistas [Periodismo Gráficade Actualidad], 4th week of October 1994)""; ""Ill. 3.2 Similarity: 1940, Hitler; 1994, Pete Wilson (Rruizte, LosCaricaturistas [Periodismo Gráfico de Actualidad], 4th week of October1994)""; ""Ill. 3.3 “We are also getting ready for a rally in support of 187.â€? (Terrazas, El DÃa, October 19, 1944, p. 1)""
  • ""Ill. 4.1 We are all Marcos (photo by Ann E. Kingsolver)""""Ill. 4.2 We Mexicans are sunk (Alán, BoletÃn Mexicano de la Crisis, September 23,1995)""; ""Ill. 5.1 President Salinas dreaming of the World TradeOrganization: “On second thought, unemployment insurance is notsuch a bad idea.â€? (Nostragamus, Los Caricaturista [PeriodismoGráfico de Actualidad], 4th week of October 1994)""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1-Introduction: NAFTA Stories in the Space of Absence""; ""NAFTA, the Document""; ""NAFTA Stories Told Here""; ""NAFTA Stories Not Told Here""; ""Notes on Words""; ""Listening Moments""
  • ""2-1993: Stories of Anticipation""""Nation Stories""; ""Stories in Metaphor""; ""Neoliberal Stories and Counter-stories""; ""Student Stories""; ""Farm Stories""; ""3-1994: NAFTA and National Identitiesâ€?Stories of Racialized Difference""; ""Racializing Stories""; ""Stories of Public Protest""; ""4-1995: Stories of Crisis, Critique, and Change""; ""Stories of Crisis and Critique""; ""Stories of Plurinational Action""; ""Circulation Stories""; ""5-Conclusion: Stories of Accountability""; ""Appendix: Proposition 187""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""About the Book""

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