Neoliberalization, Transnational Migration, and the Varied Landscape of Economic Subjectivity in the Totonacapan Region of Veracruz

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 211-229

  Popke, Jeff ^a   Torres, Rebecca Maria ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

agrarian change; indigenous ethics; Mexican migration; neoliberal subjectivity; Totonac Veracruz

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; CITIZENSHIP; MIGRATION; NEOLIBERALISM; RURAL AREA; RURAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

EID: 84870911335     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.652871     Document Type: Article

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