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Into the hearts of the Amazons : in search of a modern matriarchy / Tom DeMott.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- DeMott, Tom.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Zapotec women--Mexico--Juchitán de Zaragoza--History.
- Zapotec women.
- Zapotec women--Mexico--Juchitán de Zaragoza--Social conditions.
- Zapotec Indians--Mexico--Juchitán de Zaragoza--Social life and customs.
- Zapotec Indians.
- Matriarchy--Mexico--Juchitán de Zaragoza.
- Matriarchy.
- Manners and customs.
- Social conditions.
- History.
- Juchitán de Zaragoza (Mexico)--History.
- Juchitán de Zaragoza (Mexico).
- Juchitán de Zaragoza (Mexico)--Social life and customs.
- Mexico--Juchitán de Zaragoza.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 268 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Madison, Wis. : Terrace Books/University of Wisconsin Press, [2006]
- Summary:
- "Into the Hearts of the Amazons" is part rousing travel adventure through a little-known world and part popular ethnography, exploring how Zapotec women earned their legendary status in a remote corner of southern Mexico. To satisfy his curiosity about this culture, Tom DeMott journeyed to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, where he discovered a thriving modern-day matriarchy among the people of the Isthmus--a cultural crossroads, breeding ground for rebels, and home to a half-million Zapotecs. DeMott integrated himself into the culture by joining in the rites of spring (where women pelt the men with fruit); by interviewing the women who control the marketplace where men are rarely seen; and by honoring the saints with drink and dance at all-night ceremonies. Evoking these singular women and their culture, DeMott tackles a primal question: What would life be like if women, rather than men, had the advantage?
- Contents:
- The blue mortuary
- The politician
- Honoring San Vicente
- The apologist
- Lavada
- The Russian
- Quintessential isthmus women
- The kid
- Vela Zandunga
- The spy
- The other city hall
- The princess
- Purse strings
- The blaseña
- Tirada de frutas
- The radical
- Day of the dead
- The Italian
- Bloqueo
- The journalist
- Marketplace Tehuantepec
- The filmmaker
- Inventing Santa Inés
- The grad student
- Green mangos
- The investigator
- The general's daughter.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-262) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0299216403
- OCLC:
- 62290571
- Publisher Number:
- 9780299216405
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