Nafta Stories: Fears and Hopes in Mexico and the United States by Ann E. Kingsolver
Nafta Stories: Fears and Hopes in Mexico and the United States by Ann E. Kingsolver
English | Aug 2001 | ISBN: 1555879748 | 265 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
English | Aug 2001 | ISBN: 1555879748 | 265 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
Ann Kingsolver presents stories people have tole about NAFTA - young people and old, urban and rural, with differing political perspectives, occupations, and other markers of identity - that demonstrate their expectations and imaginations of the sweeping trade agreement. NAFTA. Kingsolver contends, both before and after its passage, became a catch-all in public discourse for tensions related to neoliberal policies and to economic and cultural processes of globalization. The storytellers in her book, from Mexico, Kentucky, and California, imagined the meaning and possible effects of regional integration on topics ranging from agriculture, to the stereotyping of workers, to national sovereignty and identity.