Begging as a Path to Progress: Indigenous Women and Children and the Struggle for Ecuador's Urban Spaces

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XBegging as a Path to Progress Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation Series editors Nik Heynen, University of Georgia Andrew Herod, University of Georgia Melissa W. Wright, Pennsylvania State University Advisory board Sharad Chari, London School of Economics Bradon Ellem, University of Sydney Gillian Hart, University of California, Berkeley Jennifer Hyndman, Simon Fraser University Larry Knopp, University of Washington, Tacoma Heidi Nast, Depaul University Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia Frances Fox Piven, City University of New York Laura Pulido, University of Southern California Paul Routledge, University of Glasgow Neil Smith, City University of New York Bobby Wilson, University of Alabama Begging as a Path to Progress Indigenous Women and Children and the Struggle for Ecuador’s Urban Spaces Kate Swanson The University of Georgia Press • Athens and London X Parts of chapters 1 and 5 were previously published in Antipode, 2007, vol. 39: 708–28. © Blackwell Publishing. Used by permission of the publisher. A shorter version of chapter 4 was previously published in Gender, Place, and Culture 14 (6): 703–20. © 2007 by Routledge, part of the Taylor and Francis Group. Used by permission. http://www.tandf.co.uk.© 2010 by the University of Georgia Press Athens, Georgia 30602 www.ugapress.org All rights reserved Set in Minion Pro by BookComp, Inc. Printed digitally in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Swanson, Kate, 1973– Begging as a path to progress : indigenous women and children and the struggle for Ecuador’s urban spaces / Kate Swanson. p. cm. — (Geographies of justice and social transformation) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn-13: 978-0-8203-3180-5 (hardcover : alk. paper) isbn-10: 0-8203-3180-5 (hardcover : alk. paper) isbn-13: 978-0-8203-3465-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) isbn-10: 0-8203-3465-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Indians of South America—Urban residence—Ecuador— Quito. 2. Indian women—Ecuador—Quito—Economic conditions. 3. Indian women—Ecuador—Quito—Social conditions. 4. Indian children—Ecuador—Quito—Economic conditions. 5. Rural-urban migration—Ecuador—Quito. 6. Quito (Ecuador)—Social conditions. 7. Quito (Ecuador)— Economic conditions. I. Title. f3721.1.q55s93 2010 307.2'41608998086613—dc22 2009030039 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available To Sandy Luzmila This page intentionally left blank ...