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Archaeology, History, and the Making of Modern Mexico
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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 Díaz. Under Díaz 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 Teotihuacàn. 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 Biography:

Christina Bueno is an associate professor of Latin American history and Latino-Latin American studies at Northeastern Illinois University, USA.
Release date NZ
November 30th, 2016
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Pages
280
Dimensions
152x229x23
ISBN-13
9780826357311
Product ID
25235919

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