1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910788151303321

Autore

Brandes Stanley H.

Titolo

Power and persuasion : fiestas and social control in rural Mexico / / Stanley Brandes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 1988

©1988

ISBN

0-585-31271-0

0-8122-9249-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Disciplina

394.2/6972/37

Soggetti

Festivals - Mexico - Tzintzuntzan

Social control

Purépecha Indians - Social life and customs

Indians of Mexico - Mexico - Tzintzuntzan - Social life and customs

Tzintzuntzan (Mexico) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Studying Fiestas and Social Control -- 2. The Social Context of Tzintzuntzan Fiestas -- 3. Fiesta Organization -- 4. Contract and Exchange -- 5. Tourism and the State -- 6. Pyrotechnics and Politics -- 7. Social Control Through Dance -- 8. A Christmas Morality Play -- 9. Fiestas and the Social Order -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Demonstrates how the annual fiesta cycle reflects political dependency of local communities on the nation-state, helps maintain formal authority, and perpetuates behavioral norms and social values.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959909903321

Autore

Campbell Lyle

Titolo

American Indian languages : the historical linguistics of Native America / / Lyle Campbell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

9780197721261

0197721265

9780585371610

058537161X

9781280481451

1280481455

9780198025436

0198025432

9780195349832

0195349830

9781602569232

1602569231

Edizione

[Oxford University Press paperback.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (527 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; ; 4.

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

497/.012

Soggetti

Indians - Languages

Language and languages - America - Classification

Language and languages - America - History

Anthropological linguistics - America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

Campbell's project is to take stock of what is currently known about the history and classification of Native American languages and, in the process, examine the state of American Indian linguistics and the success of its various methodologies.