Paul Eiss

In the Name of El Pueblo

Place, Community, and the Politics of History in Yucatán

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offers a two-century exploration of the history of the Hunucma-Tetiz region of the Yucatan, presenting local information, but woven of strands that extend into a larger regional and national history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 667g
• ISBN-13: 9780822347118
• ISBN-10: 0822347113
• Artikelnr.: 30362608

Autorenporträt

Paul K. Eiss is Associate Professor of Anthropology and History and the Director of the Center for the Arts in Society at Carnegie Mellon University.

Inhaltsangabe

About the Series ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction. From Archive to Ashes 1
I. Dispossession
1. The Last Cacique: The Archival Landscapes of Kah, Comun, and Pueblo 19
2. Kings of the Forest: Civilization, Savagery, and the Annals of History
45
3. Hunucma's Zapata: Objects of Insurgency and Auguries of Liberation 77
II. Repossession
4. The Redemption: Subjects of Revolution and Objects of Governance 105
5. The General and the Beast: Murder, Martyrdom, and the Bones of el Pueblo
131
6. The President's Dead Hand: Surveys, Maps, and the Measure of el Pueblo
158
III. Recognition
7. The War of the Eggs: Tragedy, Redemption, and the Carnivalesque 189
8. By the Virgin's Grace: The Archival Landscapes of Miracle, Money, and
Memory 218
9. Poet, Prophet, and Politician: Forgetting and Remembering Hunucma 244
Conclusion. "No"-Place 270
Appendix 277
Notes 281
Glossary 309
Bibliography 313
Index 327