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Mixtec Evangelicals : Globalization, Migration, and Religious Change in a Oaxacan Indigenous Group / by Mary I. O'Connor

Publisher	Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado
Year	2016
Authors	*O'Connor, Mary I Project Muse

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Links to the text	Location	Volume	Call No.	Barcode No.	Status	Comments	ISBN	Printed	Restriction	Reserve
Links to the text	Library Off-campus access			OB00025821		Project MUSE Open Access Books (電子ブック)	9781607324249

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Material Type	E-Book
Media type	機械可読データファイル
Size	1 online resource (pages cm)
Notes	Includes bibliographical references and index Open Access Unrestricted online access star ""Mixtec Evangelicals is a comparative ethnography of four Mixtec communities in Oaxaca, detailing the process by which economic migration and religious conversion combine to change the social and cultural makeup of predominantly folk- Catholic communities"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher "Mixtec Evangelicals is a comparative ethnography of four Mixtec communities in Oaxaca, detailing the process by which economic migration and religious conversion combine to change the social and cultural makeup of predominantly folk-Catholic communities. The book describes the effects on the home communities of the Mixtecs who travel to northern Mexico and the United States in search of wage labor and return having converted from their rural Catholic roots to Evangelical Protestant religions.O'Connor identifies globalization as the root cause of this process. She demonstrates the ways that neoliberal policies have forced Mixtecs to migrate and how migration provides the contexts for conversion. Converts challenge the set of customs governing their Mixtec villages by refusing to participate in the Catholic ceremonies and social gatherings that are at the center of traditional village life. The home communities have responded in a number of ways--ranging from expulsion of converts to partial acceptance and adjustments within the village--depending on the circumstances of conversion and number of converts returning.Presenting data and case studies resulting from O'Connor's ethnographic field research in Oaxaca and various migrant settlements in Mexico and the United States, Mixtec Evangelicals explores this phenomenon of globalization and observes how ancient communities are changed by their own emissaries to the outside world. Students and scholars of anthropology, Latin American studies, and religion will find much in this book to inform their understanding of globalization, modernity, indigeneity, and religious change"-- Provided by publisher Description based on print version record HTTP:URL=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/48436/ Pub. note=Full text available:
Subjects	FREE:SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General FREE:Electronic books
ID	8000024841
ISBN	9781607324249