Knowing history in Mexico : an ethnography of citizenship / Trevor Stack

By:

Stack, Trevor, - 1970

Language: English Publication details: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2012Edition: 1st editionDescription: xv, 168 páginas : ilustraciones ; 23 cmISBN:

9780826352521 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780826352545

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

F1391.T2185 S73 2012

Other classification:

972 | S775k

Contents:

What is historia? : from oral history and memory studies to the anthropology of history -- The past of history : valuing a public kind of truth -- Knowing history, having cultura, being citizens -- Skewing of history : who could know history? -- Juggling rooting and cultura : cosmopolitan citizens -- Towns and nations : different histories, different citizenships -- Histories of the Virgin : the higher ground of secular history -- Shifts in history : how a history changes over time -- A successful history : what did not change -- The success of history : how a genre prospers -- Epilogue : citizenship beyond the state?

Summary: "Focuses on the history and citizenship of towns and cities based on fieldwork in west Mexican towns near Guadalajara. Stack observes that people talked (and wrote) of their towns' history and not just of Mexico's. He explores the idea of 'the past' and asks why it's valued by so many people"--Provided by publisher.

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"Focuses on the history and citizenship of towns and cities based on fieldwork in west Mexican towns near Guadalajara. Stack observes that people talked (and wrote) of their towns' history and not just of Mexico's. He explores the idea of 'the past' and asks why it's valued by so many people"--Provided by publisher.

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