| Urban Circus: Travels with Mexico's Malabaristas Contributor(s): Rainsford, Catriona (Author) |
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ISBN: 1841624446 ISBN-13: 9781841624440 Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Mexico - Travel | Essays & Travelogues |
| Dewey: 917.204 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.1" W x 7.7" (0.75 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mexican |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The story opens in Chihuahua, North Mexico, with a chance meeting with a group of itinerant Mexican street performers. Entranced by their stories and free-roaming lifestyle, the author accompanies them on a two-year, hand-to-mouth journey across Mexico, learning to live off nothing more than a few performance skills, initiative, and the kindness of strangers. Compelling, humorous, sometimes violent, and full of wonderful descriptions of life on the road, this is also a discussion of the morality of hand-to-mouth travel and offers an insight into the day-to-day experiences of Mexico's urban poor. |