Knowing history in Mexico : an ethnography of citizenship / Trevor Stack.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stack, Trevor, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historiography--Social aspects--Mexico--Tapalpa.

Historiography.

Citizenship--Social aspects--Mexico--Tapalpa.

Citizenship.

Anthropology and history--Mexico--Tapalpa.

Anthropology and history.

Citizenship--Social aspects.

Historiography--Social aspects.

Tapalpa (Mexico)--Historiography.

Tapalpa (Mexico).

Mexico--Historiography.

Mexico.

Mexico--Tapalpa.

Physical Description:

xv, 168 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2012.

Summary:

"Focuses on the history and citizenship of towns and cities based on fieldwork in west Mexican towns near Guadalajara. Stack observes that people talked (and wrote) of their towns' history and not just of Mexico's. He explores the idea of 'the past' and asks why it's valued by so many people"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

What is historia? : from oral history and memory studies to the anthropology of history

The past of history : valuing a public kind of truth

Knowing history, having cultura, being citizens

Skewing of history : who could know history?

Juggling rooting and cultura : cosmopolitan citizens

Towns and nations : different histories, different citizenships

Histories of the Virgin : the higher ground of secular history

Shifts in history : how a history changes over time

A successful history : what did not change

The success of history : how a genre prospers

Epilogue : citizenship beyond the state?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780826352521

0826352529

9780826352545

0826352545

OCLC:

794366608