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Beyond Alterity: Destabilizing the Indigenous Other in Mexico
Author: Paula López Caballero
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The concept of indigenous has been entwined with notions of exoticism and alterity throughout Mexicos history. In Beyond Alterity, authors from across disciplines question the persistent association between indigenous people and radical difference, and demonstrate that alterity is often the product of specific political contexts. Although previous studies have usually focused on the most visible aspects of differencescosmovision, language, customs, resistancethe contributors to this volume show that emphasizing difference prevents researchers from seeing all the social phenomena where alterity is not obvious. Those phenomena are equally or even more constitutive of social life and include property relations (especially individual or private ones), participation in national projects, and the use of national languages. The category of indigenous has commonly been used as if it were an objective term referring to an already given social subject. Beyond Alterity shows how this usage overlooks the fact that the social markers of differentiation (language, race or ethnic group, phenotype) are historical and therefore unstable. In opposition to any reification of geographical, cultural, or social boundaries, this volume shows that people who (self-)identify as indigenous share a multitude of practices with the rest of society and that the association between indigenous identification and alterity is the product of a specific political history. Beyond Alterity is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding indigenous identity, race, and Mexican history and politics.Contributors Ariadna Acevedo-Rodrigo Laura Chazaro Michael T. Ducey Paul K. Eiss Jose Luis Escalona-Victoria Vivette Garcia Deister Peter Guardino Emilio Kouri Paula Lopez Caballero Elsie Rockwell Diana Lynn Schwartz Gabriela Torres-Mazuera
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