Indigenous Mexico engages the 21st century : a multimedia-enabled text / Jay Sokolovsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sokolovsky, Jay, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of Mexico--Mexico--San Jerónimo Amanalco--Social life and customs.

Indians of Mexico.

Indians of Mexico--Mexico--San Jerónimo Amanalco--Rites and ceremonies.

Globalization--Social aspects--Mexico--San Jerónimo Amanalco.

Globalization.

Anthropology--Fieldwork--Mexico--San Jerónimo Amanalco.

Anthropology.

San Jerónimo Amanalco (Mexico)--Social conditions.

San Jerónimo Amanalco (Mexico).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This innovative, interactive ethnography employs a range of media to explore the lives of the residents of a village set in the rugged mountains overlooking Mexico City, focusing on how these villagers react and adapt to a rapidly globalized world. Students can view the evolving life of San Jerónimo Amanalco and its region over the past four decades through print, web-embedded, and e-reader enabled resources. This book-offers a multimedia approach, including archival images and documents, original photographs, audio recordings, and extensive video;-incorporates ethnographic information gathered during the author's four decades of research in the region;-includes community members' responses to the author's research through social media, email, and video-taped comments.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Using this Multimedia-enabled Book; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter One Never say ""Chou-chou ley"" to an Aztec!; Chapter Two Orientation to This Book; Chapter Three Historical and Cultural Context of Community Transformation; Chapter Four ""Hey, Mister, Are You an Anthropologist?"" And Other Mysteries of Fieldwork, Culture, and History; Chapter Five ""Never More Campesinos"": Life Course in Twenty-First-Century Perspective

Chapter Six Who Are You Calling Indio?: Ethnoscapes and the False Faces of Tradition and ModernityChapter Seven Why Rosalba Fainted at Her Wedding and Other Tales of Family, Work, and Globalization; Chapter Eight Ritual Drama, Religion, and the Spaces in Between; Chapter Nine Magical Cosmology: Myth, Witches, Vampires, and Water Dwarfs; Chapter Ten Conclusions: The Varied Meanings of ""Never More Campesinos"" With the assistance of Manuel Moreno; Notes; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

First published 2015 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-42673-0

1-315-42672-2

9781315426730

OCLC:

956466676