Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Figures, Maps, and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction Washed Ashore / A Seaside View; PART I: Historical Fact and Anthropological Fiction; 1: The Miskito Coast: History, Place, Identity; 2: Gendered Ethnography in Kuri; PART II: Social Economies of Power; 3: Village of Women: Mothers, Daughters, and Sisters; 4: Staying Afloat: Economics of the Matrigroup; 5: Into the Deep: The Lobster Diver; PART III: Supernatural Women; 6: For the Love of Money: Sex and Magic; 7: Fishy Tales: The Mermaid; Conclusion: Caribbean Vibrations; Afterword; Notes
GlossaryBibliography; Index; Back Cover
Summary
Interspersed with short stories, songs, and incantations, The Mermaid and the Lobster Diver demonstrates the archetypes of femininity and masculinity within Miskitu society, highlighting the power associated with women's sexuality-as manifested in bot
