Search for dissertations about: "Stefan Kipfer"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Stefan Kipfer.

2. 1. The Land of the Magical Maya : Colonial Legacies, Urbanization, and the Unfolding of Global Capitalism

   Author : Claudia Fonseca Alfaro; Stefan Kipfer; Malmö universitet; []
   Keywords : Postcolonial Studies; Lefebvre; Global South; Critical Urban Theory; Maquiladoras; Coloniality;

   Abstract : The land of the Magical Maya is a mythical region in the south of Mexico where there are enigmatic creatures such as cosmic Indios, vultures, ghosts, white elephants, pineapples, swallows, and flamingos; and wondrous places like cenotes, pyramids, blue moons, old frontiers, new frontiers, and paradise-Zones. In the 1980s, henequen, the agro-based industry that had sustained Yucatán since the 19th century, was close to collapsing. READ MORE