The Guaymas Chronicles: La Mandadera
This memoir of a young gringo's assimilation into the exotic street life of a bustling port on Mexico's Sea of Cortez is an eye-opening account of the area's working-class life. After months of anthropological field work in late 1960s Ecuador, David Stuart returns to Guaymas with broken bones and a broken heart, finding comfort in the cafes and nightspots along the waterfront. There he reveals his failings to people whose lingua franca is the simple wisdom of listening and understanding. The loyal barmen and taxi drivers adopt him into their tight-knit circle, helping him ride out the devastation of betrayal by a woman who is carrying another…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8263-3189-2
- EAN: 9780826331892
- Produktnummer: 2473802
- Verlag: Univ Of New Mexico Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 394 S.
- Masse: H20.4 cm x B14.3 cm x D2.6 cm 531 g
- Gewicht: 531
Über den Autor
David E. Stuart is professor emeritus of anthropology and associate provost emeritus for academic affairs, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
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