No Word for Welcome: The Mexican Village Faces the Global Economy
Wendy Call
Jun 2011 · U of Nebraska Press
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Wendy Call visited the Isthmus of Tehuantepecãthe lush sliver of land connecting the Yucatan Peninsula to the rest of Mexicoãfor the first time in 1997. She found herself in the midst of a storied land, a place Mexicans call their country's¾–little waist,” a place long known for its strong women, spirited marketplaces, and deep sense of independence. She also landed in the middle of a ferocious battle over plans to industrialize the region, where most people still fish, farm, and work in the forests. In the decade that followed her first visit, Call witnessed farmland being paved for new highways, oil spilling into rivers, and forests burning down. Through it all, local people fought to protect their lands and their livelihoodsãand their very lives.¾
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Callês story, No Word for Welcome, invites readers into the homes, classrooms, storefronts, and fishing boats of the isthmus, as well as the mahogany-paneled high-rise offices of those striving to control the region. With timely and invaluable insights into the development battle, Call shows that the people who have suffered most from economic globalization have some of the clearest ideas about how we can all survive it.
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Callês story, No Word for Welcome, invites readers into the homes, classrooms, storefronts, and fishing boats of the isthmus, as well as the mahogany-paneled high-rise offices of those striving to control the region. With timely and invaluable insights into the development battle, Call shows that the people who have suffered most from economic globalization have some of the clearest ideas about how we can all survive it.
About the author
Wendy Call is a recent writer-in-residence at Seattle University, New College of Florida, and Harborview Medical Center. She is the coeditor of Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writersê Guide, author of numerous essays, and translator of Mexican poetry and short fiction.
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