The Art of Being In-between: Native Intermediaries, Indian Identity, and Local Rule in Colonial Oaxaca by Yannakakis, Yanna
The Art of Being In-between: Native Intermediaries, Indian Identity, and Local Rule in Colonial Oaxaca by Yannakakis, Yanna

The Art of Being In-between: Native Intermediaries, Indian Identity, and Local Rule in Colonial Oaxaca

In The Art of Being In-between Yanna Yannakakis rethinks processes of cultural change and indigenous resistance and...
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The Art of Being In-between: Native Intermediaries, Indian Identity, and Local Rule in Colonial Oaxaca by Yannakakis, Yanna

The Art of Being In-between: Native Intermediaries, Indian Identity, and Local Rule in Colonial Oaxaca

€62,16
The Art of Being In-between: Native Intermediaries, Indian Identity, and Local Rule in Colonial Oaxaca by Yannakakis, Yanna

The Art of Being In-between: Native Intermediaries, Indian Identity, and Local Rule in Colonial Oaxaca

€62,16
Author: Yanna Yannakakis
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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In The Art of Being In-between Yanna Yannakakis rethinks processes of cultural change and indigenous resistance and accommodation to colonial rule through a focus on the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca, a rugged, mountainous, ethnically diverse, and overwhelmingly indigenous region of colonial Mexico. Her rich social and cultural history tells the story of the making of colonialism at the edge of empire through the eyes of native intermediary figures: indigenous governors clothed in Spanish silks, priests' assistants, interpreters, economic middlemen, legal agents, landed nobility, and "Indian conquistadors." Through political negotiation, cultural brokerage, and the exercise of violence, these fascinating intercultural figures redefined native leadership, sparked indigenous rebellions, and helped forge an ambivalent political culture that distinguished the hinterlands from the centers of Spanish empire.

Through interpretation of a wide array of historical sources-including descriptions of public rituals, accounts of indigenous rebellions, idolatry trials, legal petitions, court cases, land disputes, and indigenous pictorial histories-Yannakakis weaves together an elegant narrative that illuminates political and cultural struggles over the terms of local rule. As cultural brokers, native intermediaries at times reconciled conflicting interests, and at other times positioned themselves in opposing camps over the outcome of municipal elections, the provision of goods and labor, landholding, community ritual, the meaning of indigenous "custom" in relation to Spanish law, and representations of the past. In the process, they shaped an emergent "Indian" identity in tension with other forms of indigenous identity and a political order characterized by a persistent conflict between local autonomy and colonial control. This innovative study provides fresh insight into colonialism's disparate cultures and the making of race, ethnicity, and the colonial state and legal system in Spanish America.



Author: Yanna Yannakakis
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 07/01/2008
Pages: 316
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.23h x 6.26w x 0.76d
ISBN: 9780822341666


Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 07/25/2008 pg. 16
Choice 06/01/2009

About the Author

Yanna Yannakakis is Assistant Professor of History at Emory University.


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