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Indians into Mexicans : History and Identity in a Mexican Town / David Frye

By:

Frye, David

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Austin : University of Texas Press , c1996Description: 250 p. : illus. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780292724969

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DDC classification:

305.897 FRY

LOC classification:

HQ759.912 .C74 2012

Summary: The people of Mexquitic, a town in the state of San Luis Potosí in rural northeastern Mexico, have redefined their sense of identity from "Indian" to "Mexican" over the last two centuries. In this ethnographic and historical study of Mexquitic, David Frye explores why and how this transformation occurred, thereby increasing our understanding of the cultural creation of "Indianness" throughout the Americas.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	305.897 FRY (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		010132

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The people of Mexquitic, a town in the state of San Luis Potosí in rural northeastern Mexico, have redefined their sense of identity from "Indian" to "Mexican" over the last two centuries. In this ethnographic and historical study of Mexquitic, David Frye explores why and how this transformation occurred, thereby increasing our understanding of the cultural creation of "Indianness" throughout the Americas.

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