The Pursuit of Ruins: Archaeology, History, and the Making of Modern Mexico

Winner of the Michael C. Meyer Award from the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies2016-2017 Alfred...
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Author: Christina Bueno
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The Pursuit of Ruins: Archaeology, History, and the Making of Modern Mexico by Bueno, Christina

The Pursuit of Ruins: Archaeology, History, and the Making of Modern Mexico

€70,22

The Pursuit of Ruins: Archaeology, History, and the Making of Modern Mexico

€70,22
Author: Christina Bueno
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Winner of the Michael C. Meyer Award from the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies

2016-2017 Alfred B. Thomas Award Honorable Mention from the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies

2017 Annual Book Award Honorable Mention from the Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology

Famous for its majestic ruins, Mexico has gone to great lengths to preserve and display the remains of its pre-Hispanic past. The Pursuit of Ruins argues that the government effort to take control of the ancient remains took off in the late nineteenth century during the dictatorship of Porfirio D az. Under D az Mexico acquired an official history more firmly rooted in Indian antiquity. This prestigious pedigree served to counter Mexico's image as a backward, peripheral nation. The government claimed symbolic links with the great civilizations of pre-Hispanic times as it hauled statues to the National Museum and reconstructed Teotihuac n. Christina Bueno explores the different facets of the Porfirian archaeological project and underscores the contradictory place of indigenous identity in modern Mexico. While the making of Mexico's official past was thought to bind the nation together, it was an exclusionary process, one that celebrated the civilizations of bygone times while disparaging contemporary Indians.



Author: Christina Bueno
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 10/15/2016
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780826357328


Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2017

About the Author
Bueno, Christina: - Christina Bueno is an associate professor of Latin American history and Latinoâ Latin American studies at Northeastern Illinois University.

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