Streets, Bedrooms, and Patios: The Ordinariness of Diversity in Urban Oaxaca

by Michael James Higgins and Tanya L. Coen

Book Overview

Diversity characterizes the people of Oaxaca, Mexico. Within this city of half a million, residents are rising against traditional barriers of race and class, defining new gender roles, and expanding access for the disabled. In this rich ethnography of the city, Michael Higgins and Tanya Coen explore how these activities fit into the ordinary daily lives of the people of Oaxaca.

Higgins and Coen focus their attention on groups that are often...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292731345
• ISBN13: 9780292731349
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Read

This is a great book and very interesting to read. I loved the first hand information on the sub-culture of Mexico. The book gives a realistic take on what is happening and is put together well. The authors do a good job with guilding the reader in understand why they make the point that they do and give much evidence. I recommend this book to anyone that is interested in reading about sub-culture in Mexico.