The Politics and Performance of Mestizaje in Latin America: Mestizo Acts

Author:   Paul K Eiss ,  Joanne Rapport
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   136
Publication Date:   12 December 2017
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The Politics and Performance of Mestizaje in Latin America: Mestizo Acts


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Author:   Paul K Eiss ,  Joanne Rapport
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138564336


ISBN 10:   1138564338
Pages:   136
Publication Date:   12 December 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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1. Introduction: Mestizo acts Paul K. Eiss 2. Indian allies and white antagonists: toward an alternative mestizaje on Mexico’s Costa Chica Laura A. Lewis 3. Playing mestizo: festivity, language, and theatre in Yucatán, Mexico Paul K. Eiss 4. Foundational essays as ‘mestizo-criollo acts’: the Bolivian case Javier Sanjinés C. 5. Mestizaje as ethical disposition: indigenous rights in the neoliberal state Deborah Poole 6. Racing to the top: descent ideologies and why Ladinos never meant to be mestizos in colonial Guatemala John M. Watanabe 7. Mestizaje, multiculturalism, liberalism, and violence Peter Wade

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Paul K. Eiss is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and History at Carnegie Mellon. In publications like In the Name of El Pueblo: Place, Community and the Politics of History in Yucatán (2010), he explores: labor, value, commodities, indigeneity, mestizaje, media, violence and the politics of historical memory. Joanne Rappaport is Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, at Georgetown University. She is the author of The Disappearing Mestizo: Configuring Difference in the Colonial New Kingdom of Granada (2014), Intercultural Utopias: Public Intellectuals, Cultural Experimentation, and Ethnic Dialogue in Colombia (2005) and coauthor (with Tom Cummins) of Beyond the Lettered City: Indigenous Literacies in the Andes (2011), Cumbe Reborn: An Andean Ethnography of History (1994) and The Politics of Memory: Native Historical Interpretation in the Northern Andes (1998).

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