Cultural politics in colonial Tehuantepec
Subtitle: community and state among the Isthmus Zapotec, 1500-1750
By: Judith Francis Zeitlin.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
Subjects: Zapotec Indians -- Mexico -- Tehuantepec, Isthmus of -- History; Zapotec Indians -- Mexico -- Tehuantepec, Isthmus of -- Politics and government; Zapotec Indians -- Mexico -- Tehuantepec, Isthmus of -- Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Mexico -- Tehuantepec, Isthmus of; Tehuantepec, Isthmus of (Mexico) -- Antiquities
Description: "This book is a historical and archeological examination of the Isthmus Zapotec state, which was established at Tehuantepec in late prehispanic times through a campaign of conquest and colonization, and the responses that its descendant populations made to the complex political, economic, and cultural changes introduced by Spanish colonialism. Using complementary archival and archeological sources, this book details the transformation of Isthmus Zapotec society under colonialism and the enduring structures through which its members redefined their political autonomy."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-314) and index.
Table of contents: title: Tales of the "binni gulasa" : native history and the Zapotec conquest of Tehuantepec; title: King and community in prehispanic Tehuantepec; title: The social fabric is torn : political and religious change, 1521-1562; title: The colonial political economy takes root : archaeological and documentary evidence, 1563-1660; title: Confronting colonial authority in 1660; title: Community opposition in late colonial times; title: Historical memory and political authority; title: Isthmus Zapotec politics and the trajectory of colonial change.