Racial Alterity, Wixarika Youth Activism, and the Right to the Mexican City Diana Negrin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Negrín, Diana, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian college students--Political activity.

Indian college students.

Urban Indigenous peoples--Mexico.

Urban Indigenous peoples.

Huichol Indians--Mexico--Tepic.

Huichol Indians.

Huichol Indians--Mexico--Guadalajara.

Guadalajara (Mexico)--Race relations.

Guadalajara (Mexico).

Tepic (Mexico)--Race relations.

Tepic (Mexico).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2019.

Summary:

"Utilizing archival and ethnographic research, this book explores the construction of racial and ethnic imaginaries in the western Mexican cities of Guadalajara and Tepic, and the ways in which these imaginaries shape the contemporary experiences and activism of Wixarika (Huichol) Indigenous university students and professionals living, studying, and working in these two cities"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Negotiating Expectations, Articulating Identities in Urban Mexico

1. The Long Arc of Indigenismo: Mapping Vision, Race and Nation

2. Acción Indigenista and the Development of Wixárika Territory

3. Tepic: City of Inclusion, City of Exclusion

4. Guadalajara de Indias: Searching for the Right to the City

5. Makuyeika: She Who Walks in Many Places

Conclusion: Walking Together

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8165-4059-4

OCLC:

1126669972