Idealized pre-Colombian womanhood -- Taming the Tehuana -- Revolutionary politics, colonized aesthetics -- Reframing Mestizaje: white, Myans, Indigenous spirituality, and Cenote suicides -- María Isabel: a white Indita for modern Mexico -- Indios, desire, and the white Mexican woman.
Summary
"Examines the filmic representation of Whiteness as Indigeneity and its role in mediating racial politics in Mexico"-- Provided by publisher.