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More copies of this ISBN:Other titles in the Translations from Latin America Series series:Mexico Profundo: Reclaiming a Civilization (Translations from Latin America Series)by Guillermo Bonfil Batalla
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:This translation of a major work in Mexican anthropology argues that Mesoamerican civilization is an ongoing and undeniable force in contemporary Mexican life. For Guillermo Bonfil Batalla, the remaining Indian communities, the de-Indianized rural mestizo communities, and vast sectors of the poor urban population constitute the Mé xico profundo. Their lives and ways of understanding the world continue to be rooted in Mesoamerican civilization. An ancient agricultural complex provides their food supply, and work is understood as a way of maintaining a harmonious relationship with the natural world. Health is related to human conduct, and community service is often part of each individual's life obligation. Time is circular, and humans fulfill their own cycle in relation to other cycles of the universe. Since the Conquest, Bonfil argues, the peoples of the Mé xico profundo have been dominated by an imaginary Mé xico imposed by the West. It is imaginary not because it does not exist, but because it denies the cultural reality lived daily by most Mexicans. Within the Mé xico profundo there exists an enormous body of accumulated knowledge, as well as successful patterns for living together and adapting to the natural world. To face the future successfully, argues Bonfil, Mexico must build on these strengths of Mesoamerican civilization, one of the few original civilizations that humanity has created throughout all its history. Book News Annotation:The year 1492 saw both the landing of Columbus in the Americas and
the expulsion of Jews from Spain. Nine essays illuminate the cultural
developments leading to those pivotal events and the centuries of
repercussion both for Jews and Native Americans. They describe the
Jewish contributions to Spanish culture, the efforts of women to
preserve Jewish culture before and after 1492, the major involvement
of Jews in the settlement of the New World, and their struggles to
gain the same opportunities the colonies offered Christian settlers.
No index.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-179) and index. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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