Cultural politics in colonial Tehuantepec : community and state among the Isthmus Zapotec, 1500-1750 / Judith Francis Zeitlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zeitlin, Judith Francis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zapotec Indians--Mexico--Tehuantepec, Isthmus of--History.

Zapotec Indians.

Zapotec Indians--Mexico--Tehuantepec, Isthmus of--Politics and government.

Zapotec Indians--Mexico--Tehuantepec, Isthmus of--Antiquities.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico--Tehuantepec, Isthmus of.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Antiquities.

Politics and government.

History.

Tehuantepec, Isthmus of (Mexico)--Antiquities.

Tehuantepec, Isthmus of (Mexico).

Mexico.

Physical Description:

xix, 323 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2005.

Summary:

This book is a historical and archeological examination of the Isthmus Zapotec state, which was established at Tehuantepec in late prehispanic times through a campaign of conquest and colonization, and the responses that its descendant populations made to the complex political, economic, and cultural changes introduced by Spanish colonialism. Although the modern-day Isthmus Zapotecs are renowned in Mexico and among Latin Americanists for their vibrant cultural traditions and their legacy of political resistance, only isolated elements of the complex historical processes by which these patterns emerged have been studied previously. Using complementary archival and archeological sources, this book details the transformation of Isthmus Zapotec society under colonialism and the enduring structures through which its members redefined their political autonomy.

Contents:

Tales of the "binni gulasa" : native history and the Zapotec conquest of Tehuantepec

King and community in prehispanic Tehuantepec

The social fabric is torn : political and religious change, 1521-1562

The colonial political economy takes root : archaeological and documentary evidence, 1563-1660

Confronting colonial authority in 1660

Community opposition in late colonial times

Historical memory and political authority

Isthmus Zapotec politics and the trajectory of colonial change.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-314) and index.

ISBN:

0804733880

OCLC:

58604598