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Citizens and sons of the pueblo : national and local identities in the making of the Mexican nation
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In contrast to much of the literature on nations and nationalism, in which local and national identities are held to be in opposition, the authors argues that local identities and institutions survived in Oaxaca precisely because villagers employed national identities, discourses, and institutions in their defence.Abstract:
Strong communal identities and institutions have survived in the Mexican state of Oaxaca in spite of over 150 years of central state efforts to eliminate them. This article examines why this is so, focusing on the liberal reform period of 1856 to 1911, when state officials mandated the privatization of communal land held under corporate title by Mexico's indigenous communities. In contrast to much of the literature on nations and nationalism, in which local and national identities are held to be in opposition, the article argues that local identities and institutions survived in Oaxaca precisely because villagers employed national identities, discourses, and institutions in their defence. More generally, the article contends that we need to rethink the conventional contrast between local and national identities, in order to better comprehend the politics of nation-building and state formation: local identities (communal, ethnic, regional, religious) can only be understood in terms of how they relate and r...read more
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