In this Book
- Forjando Patria: Pro-Nacionalismo
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University Press of Colorado
Armstrong-Fumero's translation allows readers to develop a more nuanced understanding of this foundational work, which is often misrepresented in contemporary critical analyses. As much about national identity as anthropology, this text gives Anglophone readers access to a particular set of topics that have been mentioned extensively in secondary literature but are rarely discussed with a sense of their original context. Forjando Patria also reveals the many textual ambiguities that can lend themselves to different interpretations.
The book highlights the history and development of Mexican anthropology and archaeology at a time when scholars in the United States are increasingly recognizing the importance of cross-cultural collaboration with their Mexican colleagues. It will be of interest to anthropologists and archaeologists studying the region, as well as those involved in the history of the discipline.
Table of Contents
- Illustrations
- p. ix
- Preface: Why Forjando Patria? Why Now?
- pp. xi-xiv
- 1: Forjando Patria
- pp. 23-24
- 3: The Department of Anthropology
- pp. 32-35
- 6: Sociology and Government
- pp. 41-42
- 7: Knowledge of the Population
- pp. 43-44
- 8: Some Considerations on Statistics
- pp. 45-47
- 9: The Work of Art in Mexico
- pp. 48-51
- 10: The Concept of Pre-Hispanic Art
- pp. 52-61
- 12: Department of Fine Arts
- pp. 65-66
- 13: There Is No Prehistory!
- pp. 67-69
- 14: Synthetic Concept of Archaeology
- pp. 70-71
- 15: The Values of History
- pp. 72-79
- 17: Our Laws and Our Legislators
- pp. 83-85
- 18: Politics and Its Values
- pp. 86-89
- 19: Our Religious Transition
- pp. 90-92
- 20: Our Catholics
- pp. 93-95
- 21: Our Intellectual Culture
- pp. 96-102
- 22: The Concept of Culture
- pp. 103-107
- 23: Language and Our Country
- pp. 108-109
- 24: National Literature
- pp. 110-114
- 25: Our Women
- pp. 115-125
- 26: The National Seal
- pp. 126-130
- 27: Capacity for Work
- pp. 131-132
- 28: Our National Industry
- pp. 133-137
- 29: Of Yankee and Mexican Metalism
- pp. 138-140
- 30: Spain and the Spanish
- pp. 141-144
- 31: Integral Education
- pp. 145-147
- 32: The Editorial Department
- pp. 148-150
- 33: Revolution
- pp. 151-153
- 34: Three Nationalist Problems
- pp. 154-163
- Works Cited
- pp. 165-171