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Carmen Martinez Novo - Who Defines Indigenous? - 9780813536699 - V9780813536699
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Who Defines Indigenous?

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Description for Who Defines Indigenous? Paperback. Drawing on her research of the Mixtec Indians' migration from the southwest of Mexico to Baja California, the author shows that sometimes the push for indigenous labels is more a process of external oppression than it is of minority empowerment. This book is useful to scholars working in the fields of sociology, anthropology, and ethnic studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.

For years, conventional scholarship has argued that minority groups are better served when the majority groups that absorb them are willing to recognize and allow for the preservation of indigenous identities. But is the reinforcement of ethnic identity among migrant groups always a process of self-liberation? In this surprising study, Carmen Martínez Novo draws on her ethnographic research of the Mixtec Indians’ migration from the southwest of Mexico to Baja California to show that sometimes the push for indigenous labels is more a process of external oppression than it is of minority empowerment.

            In Baja California, many Mixtec Indians have ... Read more

            Bringing a critical new perspective to the complex intersection among government and scholarly agendas, economic development, global identity politics, and the aspirations of local migrants, this provocative book is essential reading for scholars working in the fields of sociology, anthropology, and ethnic studies.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813536699
SKU
V9780813536699
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About Carmen Martinez Novo
Carmen Martínez Novo is a professor in the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida, Gainesville. She is the editor of the Latin American Research Review journal.

Reviews for Who Defines Indigenous?
Virtually all of the scholarship on identity sees it as something that comes from the bottom-up. Martinez Novo recognizes the popular side of identity formation, but also looks at the process from the top down. How do more powerful actors-state institutions, intellectuals, elites, NGOs, etc.-try, in an imperfect and messy way, to mold collective identities? Martinez Novo not only poses ... Read more

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