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Author Lewis, Stephen E., 1967- author.

Title Rethinking Mexican indigenismo : the INI's Coordinating Center in highland Chiapas and the fate of a utopian project / Stephen E. Lewis.

Publication Info. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2018.
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 343 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
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Subject Centro Coordinador Indigenista Tzeltal-Tzotzil -- History -- 20th century.
Centro Coordinador Indigenista Tzeltal-Tzotzil.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Instituto Nacional Indigenista (Mexico) -- History -- 20th century.
Instituto Nacional Indigenista (Mexico)
Tzeltal Indians -- Mexico -- Chiapas Highlands -- Government relations.
Tzeltal Indians.
Mexico -- Chiapas Highlands.
Tzeltal Indians -- Mexico -- Chiapas Highlands -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Politics and government.
Tzotzil Indians -- Mexico -- Chiapas Highlands -- Government relations.
Tzotzil Indians.
Tzotzil Indians -- Mexico -- Chiapas Highlands -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Indians of Mexico -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Indians of Mexico -- Politics and government.
Chiapas Highlands (Mexico) -- Race relations.
Indians of Mexico -- Government relations.
Indians of Mexico -- Government relations.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Title INI's Coordinating Center in highland Chiapas and the fate of a utopian project
Instituto Nacional Indigenista's Coordinating Center in highland Chiapas and the fate of a utopian project
Other Form: Print version: Lewis, Stephen E., 1967- Rethinking Mexican indigenismo. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2018 9780826359025 (DLC) 2017015016
ISBN 9780826359032 (electronic book)
0826359035 (electronic book)
9780826359025 (printed case alkaline paper)