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Mexico South Covarrubias

Mexico South By Covarrubias

Mexico South by Covarrubias

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Mexico South by Covarrubias

This book deals with the modern, northern half of the Isthmus, its social struggles and its varied problems in adapting a backward region to the need and ways of industrial civilization. It presents a view of the modern Isthmus Zapotecs, living around Juchitan and Tehuantepec.

About Covarrubias

Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957) was born in Mexico City. During his lifetime he became known as an outstanding painter and caricaturist. He later found equal fame with the publication of his two main books Island of Bali and Mexico South, both of which became classics in their different areas. His knowledge of art, archaeology, ethnology and anthropology gave his work a unique profundity. For several years he was Professor of Art History in the National School of Anthropology in Mexico City.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- PART I THE ATLANTIC SLOPES -- i. Southern Vera Cruz: Threshold of the Tropics -- ii.Los Tuxtlas: Land, Politics, and Sudden Death -- iii. Coatzacoalcos: The Sanctuary of the Serpent -- iv. The Jaguar and the Serpent -- PART II THE PACIFIC PLAINS -- v. Tehuantepec and Juchitdn, Zapotec Capitals -- Appendix: The Epic of the Tehuantepec Railway -- vi. The Zapotec Heritage -- vii. The Endless Struggle -- viii. The People: (1) How They Look, Live, and Work -- ix. The People: (2) How They Think, Speak, and Amuse Themselves -- x. The People: (3) The Zapotec Family -- xi. Fiesta in Tehuantepec -- Appendix: A Tehuantepec Festival Calendar -- xii. Death and the Unknown -- Mexico South -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- 170 Words in seven Indian Languages of the Isthmus Tehuantepec -- Index.

Additional information

CIN0710301847A
9780710301840
0710301847
Mexico South by Covarrubias
Covarrubias
Used - Well Read
Paperback
Kegan Paul
1986-01-04
510
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book. We do our best to provide good quality books for you to read, but there is no escaping the fact that it has been owned and read by someone else previously. Therefore it will show signs of wear and may be an ex library book

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