Mexican Nationalist Formation
Author : Juan Gómez-Quiñones
Publisher :
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 19,48 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Mexico
ISBN :
Author : Juan Gómez-Quiñones
Publisher :
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 19,48 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Mexico
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Author : Peter F. Guardino
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 43,10 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9780804741903
This is a study of the important but little-understood role of peasants in the formation of the Mexican national state--from the end of the colonial era to the beginning of La Reforma, a moment in which liberalism became dominant in Mexican political culture. The book shows how Mexico's national political system was formed through local struggles and alliances that deeply involved elements of Mexico's impoverished rural masses, notably the peasants who took part in many of the local regional, and national rebellions that characterized early nineteenth-century politics. These rebellions were not battles over whether or not there was to be a state; they were contests over what the state was to be. The author focuses on the region of Guerrero, whose peasantry were deeply involved in the two most important broadly based revolts of the early nineteenth century: the War of Independence of 1810-21, and the 1853-55 Revolution of Ayutla, the rebellion that began La Reforma. The book's central contention is that there are fundamental links between state formation, elite politics, popular protest, and the construction of Mexico's modern political culture. Various elite groups advanced different models of the state, which in turn had different implications for, and impacts on, the lives of Mexico's lower classes. Contesting elites formed alliance with segments of Mexico's peasantry as well as the urban poor and these alliances were crucial in determining national political outcomes. Thus, the participation of wide sectors of the population in politics for varying reasons--and the subsequent learning of tactics and elaborations of discourse--left an enduring mark on Mexico's political system and culture.
Author : Jacques Lafaye
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 31,89 MB
Release : 1987-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0226467880
"In this study of complex beliefs in which Aztec religion and Spanish Catholicism blend, Lafaye demonstrates the importance of religious beliefs in the formation of the Mexican nation. Far from being of only parochial interest, this volume is of great value to any historian of religions concerned with problems of nativism and syncretism."—Franke J. Neumann, Religious Studies Review
Author : Jennie Purnell
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 31,32 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822323143
Purnell reconsiders peasant partisanship in the cristiada of 1926-29, one episode in the broader Mexican Revolution.
Author : D. A. Brading
Publisher :
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 14,8 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Creoles
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Author : Gilbert Michael Joseph
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 35,4 MB
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822314677
Everyday Forms of State Formation is the first book to systematically examine the relationship between popular cultures and state formation in revolutionary and post-revolutionary Mexico. While most accounts have emphasized either the role of peasants and peasant rebellions or that of state formation in Mexico's past, these original essays reveal the state's day-to-day engagement with grassroots society by examining popular cultures and forms of the state simultaneously and in relation to one another. Structured in the form of a dialogue between a distinguished array of Mexicanists and comparative social theorists, this volume boldly reassesses past analyses of the Mexican revolution and suggests new directions for future study. Showcasing a wealth of original archival and ethnographic research, this collection provides a new and deeper understanding of Mexico's revolutionary experience. It also speaks more broadly to a problem of extraordinary contemporary relevance: the manner in which local societies and self-proclaimed "revolutionary" states are articulated historically. The result is a unique collection bridging social history, anthropology, historical sociology, and cultural studies in its formulation of new approaches for rethinking the multifaceted relationship between power, culture, and resistance. Contributors. Ana María Alonso, Armando Bartra, Marjorie Becker, Barry Carr, Philip Corrigan, Romana Falcón, Gilbert M. Joseph, Alan Knight, Florencia E. Mallon, Daniel Nugent, Elsie Rockwell, William Roseberry, Jan Rus, Derek Sayer, James C. Scott
Author : Jacques Lafaye
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 29,67 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Aztecs
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Author : Jacques Lafaye
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,67 MB
Release : 1987
Category :
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Author : Manuel Gamio
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 26,16 MB
Release : 2010-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 160732041X
Often considered the father of anthropological studies in Mexico, Manuel Gamio originally published Forjando Patria in 1916. This groundbreaking manifesto for a national anthropology of Mexico summarizes the key issues in the development of anthropology as an academic discipline and the establishment of an active field of cultural politics in Mexico. Written during the upheaval of the Mexican Revolution, the book has now been translated into English for the first time. Armstrong-Fumero's translation allows readers to develop a more nuanced understanding of this foundational work, which is often misrepresented in contemporary critical analyses. As much about national identity as anthropology, this text gives Anglophone readers access to a particular set of topics that have been mentioned extensively in secondary literature but are rarely discussed with a sense of their original context. Forjando Patria also reveals the many textual ambiguities that can lend themselves to different interpretations. The book highlights the history and development of Mexican anthropology and archaeology at a time when scholars in the United States are increasingly recognizing the importance of cross-cultural collaboration with their Mexican colleagues. It will be of interest to anthropologists and archaeologists studying the region, as well as those involved in the history of the discipline.
Author : Miruna Achim
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 20,49 MB
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 081653957X
Museum Matters tells the story of Mexico's national collections through the trajectories of its objects. The essays in this book show the many ways in which things matter and affect how Mexico imagines its past, present, and future.