"Listen for when you get there" : Topologies of invisibility on the Colorado River -- The fishing conflict and the making and unmaking of indigenous authenticity -- "What else can I do with a boat and no nets?" : Ideologies of work and the alternatives at home -- Mexican machismo and a woman's worth -- "Spread your ass cheeks" : And other things that shouldn't get said in indigenous languages
Summary
This book examines the response of the Cucapá people of Mexico's northwest coast to the state's claim that they are not "indigenous enough" to merit the special fishing rights which would allow them to subsist during environmental crisis
