Forjando patria : pro-nacionalismo / by Manuel Gamio; translated and with an introduction by Fernando Armstrong-Fumero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gamio, Manuel, 1883-1960.

Contributor:

Armstrong-Fumero, Fernando.

Series:

"Sepan cuantos--" ; núm. 368

Standardized Title:

Forjando patria. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Mexico.

Nationalism.

Mexico--Civilization.

Mexico.

Mexico--Politics and government--1910-1946.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

3a ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, CO : University Press of Colorado, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 oft

Contents:

Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Translator's Introduction; 1: Forjando Patria; 2: Patrias and Nationalities of Latin America; 3: The Department of Anthropology; 4: The Redemption of the Indigenous Class; 5: Prejudices against the Indigenous Race and Its History; 6: Sociology and Government; 7: Knowledge of the Population; 8: Some Considerations on Statistics; 9: The Work of Art in Mexico; 10: The Concept of Pre-Hispanic Art; 11: Art and Science in the Period of Independence; 12: Department of Fine Arts; 13: There Is No Prehistory!; 14: Synthetic Concept of Archaeology

15: The Values of History16: Revision of the Latin American Constitutions; 17: Our Laws and Our Legislators; 18: Politics and Its Values; 19: Our Religious Transition; 20: Our Catholics; 21: Our Intellectual Culture; 22: The Concept of Culture; 23: Language and Our Country; 24: National Literature; 25: Our Women; 26: The National Seal; 27: Capacity for Work; 28: Our National Industry; 29: Of Yankee and Mexican Metalism; 30: Spain and the Spanish; 31: Integral Education; 32: The Editorial Department; 33: Revolution; 34: Three Nationalist Problems; Summary; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4571-1069-5

1-60732-041-X

OCLC:

775301664