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Laura Herlihy

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Current Research

A comparative analysis of indigenous and Afro-descendant women's political rights in Mexico and Nicaragua.

 
Current Projects

Examining indigenous Zapotec women's political and human rights under Usos y Costumbres (Mexican customary law) in Oaxaca, Mexico.

 
Research Interests

Social organization, Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples, globalization, transnational feminism, gender, race, and ethnic identity

 
Selected Publications

2008. "Neither Black nor Indian: The Discourse of Miskitu Racial Identity in Honduras." Geoscience and Man. 40:129-144.
2008. "Matrifocality and Women's Power on the Miskito Coast." Ethnology 46(2007)(2): 133-150.
2007. "Sexual Magic and Money: Miskitu Women's Strategies in Northern Honduras." Ethnology 45(2006)(2): 143-159.
2006. "Ethno-Feminism on the Central American Atlantic Coast." Women Writing and Reading. http://www.crcstudio.arts.ualberta.ca/wwr/magazine.php. 2006. "'Magia Sexual' y dinero: Las estrategias de las mujeres miskitas en la economía global." Wani (Revista del Caribe Nicaragüense). No. 46 (Julio-Sept.): 62-72.
2005. "Performing Indigenous Masculinities in the Global Economy." Southern Anthropologist 31(1-2): 35-52.

 
Courses Taught

Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism
The African Diaspora in Latin America
Latin American Culture and Society
Global Cultures and Society
The Anthropology of Latin America
Women and Globalization

 
Education

Ph.D. University of Kansas (2002)

   
Recent Grants
2008. Fulbright-Hays Faculty Award (to Mexico). "Indigenous Women and Political Autonomy in Oaxaca, Mexico."
2007. Hall Center for the Humanities. University of Kansas. Faculty Research and Travel Grant (to Nicaragua). "Women's Oral Histories on the Nicaraguan Atlantic Coast."
2005-2006. The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Individual Research Grant (to Nicaragua). "Indigenous Feminism on the Nicaraguan Atlantic Coast: Merging Motherhood and Self-Determination."
2003-2004. CIES Fulbright Award (to Nicaragua).