Faudree Singing for the Dead

The Politics of Indigenous Revival in Mexico
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9189-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Faudree, Paja

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musikethnologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Paja Faudree is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Brown University.