The village is like a wheel : rethinking cargos, family, and ethnicity in highland Mexico / Roger Magazine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Magazine, Roger, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Tepetlaoxtoc--History.

Indians of Mexico.

Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Tepetlaoxtoc--Social conditions.

Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Tepetlaoxtoc--Economic conditions.

Urban-rural migration--Mexico--Tepetlaoxtoc.

Urban-rural migration.

Social change--Mexico--Tepetlaoxtoc.

Social change.

Festivals--Mexico--Tepetlaoxtoc.

Festivals.

Cargo cults--Mexico--Tepetlaoxtoc.

Cargo cults.

Tepetlaoxtoc (Mexico)--Social conditions.

Tepetlaoxtoc (Mexico).

Tepetlaoxtoc (Mexico)--Rural conditions.

Tepetlaoxtoc (Mexico)--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this modern-day anthropological manifesto, Roger Magazine proposes a radical but commonsense change to the study of people whose understanding of the world differs substantially from our own.Specifically, it argues for a major shift in the prevailing approach to the study of rural highland peoples in Mexico.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: Interdependence and the Production of Active Subjectivity

2. The Texcoco Region and the Village of Tepetlaoxtoc

3. "La fiesta se hace entre todos": Rethinking Fiestas and Cargos

4. Ayuda Among and Within Families

5. Problems with "Ethnicity" and "Modernization"

6. Bridging the Gap

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8165-9938-6

1-299-19201-7

OCLC:

828490593