Paja Faudree

Singing for the Dead

The Politics of Indigenous Revival in Mexico

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Produktbeschreibung

Singing for the Dead chronicles how indigenous people from Oaxaca, Mexico's poorest state, have reversed decades of cultural and linguistic erosion by reviving and reinventing ethnic traditions, particularly by speaking and singing the local indigenous language.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780822354161
• ISBN-10: 0822354160
• Artikelnr.: 36600393

Autorenporträt

Paja Faudree is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Brown University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
Note on Orthographic and Linguistic Conventions xiii
Introduction. Leaving the Pueblo 1
1. From Revolution to Renaissance: A Political Geography and History of
"Deep Mexico" 30
2. Revival in the "Land of the Magic Mushroom": A Recent History of Ethnic
Relations in the Sierra Mazateca 75
3. Singing for the Spirits: The Annual Day of the Dead Song Contest 105
4. Scenes from a Nativist Reformation: The Mazatec Indigenous Church 141
5. Meeting at the Family Crypt: Social Fault Lines and the Fragility of
Community 174
6. Seeing Double: Indigenous Authors, Readers, and the Paradox of Revival
197
Conclusion. Singing for the Dead and the Living: Revival, Indigenous
Publics, and the National Afterlife 236
Notes 251
References 277
Index 297