Rethinking Mexican indigenismo : the INI's Coordinating Center in highland Chiapas and the fate of a utopian project /
Stephen E. Lewis.
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, (c)2018.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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Centro Coordinador Indigenista Tzeltal-Tzotzil--History--20th century. Instituto Nacional Indigenista (Mexico)--History--20th century.
Tzeltal Indians--Government relations.--Mexico--Chiapas Highlands Tzeltal Indians--Politics and government--Mexico--Chiapas Highlands--20th century. Tzotzil Indians--Government relations.--Mexico--Chiapas Highlands Tzotzil Indians--Politics and government--Mexico--Chiapas Highlands--20th century. Indians of Mexico--Politics and government--20th century. Indians of Mexico--Government relations.