Author : Stephen E. Lewis
Release : 2018-05-01
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 035/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Rethinking Mexican Indigenismo by : Stephen E. Lewis
Download or read book Rethinking Mexican Indigenismo written by Stephen E. Lewis. This book was released on 2018-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mexico’s National Indigenist Institute (INI) was at the vanguard of hemispheric indigenismo from 1951 through the mid-1970s, thanks to the innovative development projects that were first introduced at its pilot Tseltal-Tsotsil Coordinating Center in highland Chiapas. This book traces how indigenista innovation gave way to stagnation as local opposition, shifting national priorities, and waning financial support took their toll. After 1970 indigenismo may have served the populist aims of president Luis Echeverría, but Mexican anthropologists, indigenistas, and the indigenous themselves increasingly challenged INI theory and practice and rendered them obsolete.
