Elusive Unity: Factionalism and the Limits of Identity Politics in Yucatán, Mexico

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197 Index Page numbers in italics indicate illustrations. Activism, 165; religious, 12–13 Age of Politics, 45; violence during , 35–43, 62, 70 agrarian associations, 16 agrarian reform, 2, 10, 23–24, 78, 126; in Chan Kom, 43–44; and collectivism, 25–26, 127–28; land tenure and, 28, 36, 38, 40; oral narratives of, 51–52 agriculture, 21(n8), 46(n7), 114, 119, 122; commercial, 11, 21(n8), 28; and public education , 84–85; swidden, 32–33, 84–85 Akula, 24 Alcocer Castillo, Felipe, 90, 86–87, 125 Alvarado, Salvador, 66, 79, 81 ambiguity, 2, 5, 8, 19(n3), 162, 163 anthropology, 159(n18); community exposure to, 145–46 artisanry vendors, 13, 117; at Chichén Itzá, 169–75, 180 artisans, 182(n10); direct sales by, 173–74; Popolá, 177–78 Artisans of Chichén Itzá, 171, 172 assimilation, 77, 78 autonomy, 27, 38 Aztecs, and national history, 102–3 Barbachano family, 181(n5); and Chichén Itzá, 164–65, 169–75; on Maya-centered events, 168–69 Barrera, Lorenzo (Lol), 59, 74(nn23, 25), 84; Burning of Yaxcabá and, 61, 70; and Lauro Dzul, 62–63 Bassols, Narciso, 89 Beana, Santiago (San), 58–59, 61, 63, 70, 72(n8), 80 bilingualism, 107–8, 133, 157(n7); promoting, 151–52 Bohom, 39 books, 80, 99 boundaries, 30 Bubul, 38 Buenfil, Martín, 107 Cahum, Carlos, 146 Cancún, 116, 126, 128, 135(n3), 164, 176 Canul, Damasio, 40 capitalists: artisanry vendors, 172–74 Cárdenas, Lázaro, 73(n20), 81 index 198 Carnegie Institute of Washington, 89 Carrillo Puerto, Felipe, 58, 61, 63, 67, 71–72(nn3, 4, 10), 81; as governor, 53–54; and Indians, 55, 56, 70–71 Casa de las Artesanías de Yucatán, 127, 172; and Popolá project, 177–78, 180, 182(n10) Castellanos, Bianet, 44 Caste War, 19–20(n4), 28–29, 30, 65, 98, 102 Catholicism, 12–13, 119 cattle husbandry, 123 CDI. See National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples Cen, Martiniano, 40 Cen family, 34, 35, 40, 44 Cervera y Pacheco, Victor, 127 ch’a chaak rain ceremony, 119 Chamulas, 33 Chan, Carlin, 54 Chan, Juan, 67 Chan de Mukul, Petrona, 5, 6, 128–29 Chan Ichmul, 24 Chan Kom, 14, 15, 24, 34, 45(n1), 48(n30), 49(n36), 69, 73(n14), 78, 117, 120, 134–35(n2), 149; agrarian reform, 43–44; factionalism in, 40–43, 59; founding of, 30, 68; land claims, 37–38; modernization, 114–15; as municipal seat, 39, 122, 123; and Nicté Há, 49(nn36, 37), 132 Chan Kom: A Maya Village (Redfield and Villa Rojas), 114–15, 117 Chan Santa Cruz, 29 Chemax, 78 Chiapas, 11, 33, 163 Chichén Itzá, 3, 12, 19(n4), 102; artisanry vendors at, 169–75, 180; Barbachano family and, 164–65; communities near, 13, 14; cultural patrimony and, 149–50; infrastructure around, 126–27; tourism, 16, 89, 116, 128 Chichén Itzá hacienda, 57 Cimé, Anacleto, 43 Cimé, Eustaquio, 40, 41, 42, 43, 48(nn30, 31), 49(n36), 73(n20), 84; Burning of Yaxcabá and, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63 Cimé Mex, Silvia, 170 Cimé family, 40, 41, 42 class hierarchies, 28, 98, 162; culture, 144–45; language and, 132–33; tourism and, 13–14, 133–34 class struggle, collective memory of, 57–58 Cocom, Nachi, 53 Cocom Maya, 98 code switching, 96 collective identity, 8, 96, 127–28 collective memory, 10, 53; abandonment of, 125–26; of class struggle, 57–58; of conflict, 45, 52; and national history, 101–2, 103–4; toponyms, 30–31 collective rights, collectivism, 1–2, 4, 126–27 colonial period, 38; political geography, 26–28 Comisión Agraria Mixta, 37, 39 Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas, La (CDI), 139–40 committees: parents’, 85, 93(n15) communities, 24, 25, 85, 162; Caste War, 28–29; collective voice, 16–17; factionalism, 36–43; founding narratives of, 33–34; governance structures, 10, 19(n3); identity politics in, 163–64; indigenous, 139–43, 175–76 construction projects, 12, 127 cooperatives: artisanry, 117, 177–78; success of, 178–79 corporatism, 143, 150; culture and, 148–49 Cruz, José, 82, 86, 90 Culturas Populares (DGCP). See Dirección General de Culturas Populares culture, 6, 80, 96; corporatism, 148–49; education and, 78–79; hierarchies of, 110, 120, 155–56; and identity politics, 180–81; Maya, 8, 114, 135(n5); Mexican state and, 77–78; and modernization, 115–16; patrimony, 144–47, 149–50, 157(n9), 158(n11); progressivist definition , 143...