Part I. The utopian project -- Dramatis personae: the indigenous, ladinos, and indigenistas -- Negotiating indigenismo: the bilingual cultural promoter -- Utopian dreams and the mística indigenista -- Part II. Sober realities -- Winning the battle, losing the war: the INI versus the Pedrero Alcohol monopoly -- Take two: the INI charts a more modest course -- Modernizing message, mystical messenger: the many uses of the Teatro Petul -- Medical pluralism and the limits of INI health programs -- From innovation to administration: the Coordinating Center's very long decade, 1958-1970 -- Did the INI promote caciquismo? -- Part III. Crisis, rekindled populism, and the fate of Mexican indigenismo -- The generation of 1968, the critique of Mexican anthropology, and the INI's response -- Indigenismo and the populist resurgence (1970-1976) -- Conclusion
Summary
This book traces how indigenista innovation gave way to stagnation as local opposition, shifting national priorities, and waning financial support took their toll
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 04, 2018)
