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Author Faudree, Paja, 1977- author.

Title Singing for the dead : the politics of indigenous revival in Mexico / Paja Faudree
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 315 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Introduction : leaving the pueblo -- From revolution to renaissance : a political geography of "deep Mexico" -- Revival in the "land of the magic mushroom" : a recent history of ethnic relations in the Sierra Mazatec -- Singing for the spirits : the annual Day of the Dead song contest -- Scenes from a nativist reformation : the Mazatec indigenous church -- Meeting at the family crypt : social faultlines and the fragility of community -- Seeing double : indigenous authors, readers, and the paradox of revival -- Conclusion : Singing for the dead and the living : revival, indigenous publics, and the national afterlife
Summary This book chronicles how indigenous people from Oaxaca, Mexico's poorest state, have reversed decades of cultural and linguistic erosion by reviving and reinventing ethnic traditions, particularly by speaking and singing the local indigenous language
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Mazatec Indians -- Songs and music
Mazatec Indians -- Political activity
Mazatec Indians -- Ethnic identity
All Souls' Day -- Mexico
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
All Souls' Day
Mazatec Indians
Mexico
Genre/Form Songs and music
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2013003136
ISBN 9780822391890
0822391899