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- 0822341662
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- 9780822341666
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Publisher
Duke University Press
ISBN-10
0822341662
ISBN-13
9780822341666
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63646369
Product Key Features
Book Title
Art of Being In-Between : Native Intermediaries, Indian Identity, and Local Rule in Colonial Oaxaca
Number of Pages
277 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Latin America / Mexico, Modern / 18th Century, Communication Studies, Europe / Spain & Portugal, World / Caribbean & Latin American
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Yes
Genre
Political Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, History
Format
Trade Paperback
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0.8 in
Item Weight
16.8 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.2 in
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LCCN
2007-045755
Reviews
"Meticulously researched and engagingly written, The Art of Being In-between opens new dimensions for social and cultural history in the complex ethnic tapestries of the Sierra Norte de Oaxaca. Yanna Yannakakis's narrative elevates the historical role of native intermediaries- indios ladinos -in the persistence of communal identities through ethnic rivalries only dimly perceived by colonial authorities. This book illustrates the power of human agency in the negotiations among diverse indigenous peoples, Church, and Crown within the contradictions of colonial rule."- Cynthia Radding , author of Landscapes of Power and Identity: Comparative Histories in the Sonoran Desert and the Forests of Amazonia from Colony to Republic, "Yannakakis' detailed analysis of a variety of sources--land disputes, legal petitions, idolatry trials, indigenous pictorial histories--is a worthy addition to the recent boom in sociocultural history that seeks to contextualize the use of language in the past." - Paul Charney, Colonial Latin American Historical Review, "Yannakakis's well-written study offers one of the most engaging and insightful studies of New Spain's indigenous intermediaries in recent memory." - Andrew B. Fisher, Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, " The Art of Being In-Between is a very important contribution to understandings of the role of indigenous intermediaries in political and everyday life and of their agency in responding to, even shaping, the colonial legal system as it evolved over a long period of time. Scholars specializing in colonial Mesoamerica, as well as other parts of the Americas, will find Yanna P. Yannakakis's arguments highly pertinent to current discussions about law, politics, and state building." Susan Kellogg, author of Law and the Transformation of Aztec Society, 1500-1700 "Meticulously researched and engagingly written, The Art of Being In-between opens new dimensions for social and cultural history in the complex ethnic tapestries of the Sierra Norte de Oaxaca. Yanna Yannakakis's narrative elevates the historical role of native intermediaries--indios ladinos--in the persistence of communal identities through ethnic rivalries only dimly perceived by colonial authorities. This book illustrates the power of human agency in the negotiations among diverse indigenous peoples, Church, and Crown within the contradictions of colonial rule."--Cynthia Radding, author of Landscapes of Power and Identity: Comparative Histories in the Sonoran Desert and the Forests of Amazonia from Colony to Republic, "[Yannakakis] has written an accessible, lucid study. She frequently compares the particular history of the Villa Alta to other Mexican regions, clearly revealing the broader significance of this local study. Given the nature of her documentation, however, she necessarily offers a more complete examination of state demands placed on native elites than of local indigenous expectations of their leaders." - B. R. Larkin, Choice, "Meticulously researched and engagingly written, The Art of Being In-between opens new dimensions for social and cultural history in the complex ethnic tapestries of the Sierra Norte de Oaxaca. Yanna Yannakakis's narrative elevates the historical role of native intermediaries-- indios ladinos --in the persistence of communal identities through ethnic rivalries only dimly perceived by colonial authorities. This book illustrates the power of human agency in the negotiations among diverse indigenous peoples, Church, and Crown within the contradictions of colonial rule."-- Cynthia Radding , author of Landscapes of Power and Identity: Comparative Histories in the Sonoran Desert and the Forests of Amazonia from Colony to Republic, " The Art of Being In-between is a very important contribution to understandings of the role of indigenous intermediaries in political and everyday life and of their agency in responding to, even shaping, the colonial legal system as it evolved over a long period of time. Scholars specializing in colonial Mesoamerica, as well as other parts of the Americas, will find Yanna Yannakakis's arguments highly pertinent to current discussions about law, politics, and state building."-- Susan Kellogg , author of Law and the Transformation of Aztec Culture, 1500-1700, "Yannakakis's work is well researched and engagingly written, and her arguments serve to deepen current exchanges about conquest: indigenous agency, negotiations, and strategies; the conflicted and multifaceted nature of colonial rule; and the need for document-centered historical works that pay close attention to voices traditionally marginalized. This is an important contribution to the fields of social, cultural, and legal history, as well as ethnohistory. Although this work is most valuable to specialists in these fields, its clear and engaging prose will make it of interest also to nonspecialist readers." - SilverMoon, Latin American Politics and Society, "As an original work of scholarship, based on archival sources in Oaxaca, Mexico City and Seville, this monograph will be of interest to all colonial Latin Americanist historians. Its coherent structure, clear writing style and compelling thesis also make it an ideal book to assign in graduate seminars." - Matthew Restall, Social History, "The Art of Being In-Between is a very important contribution to understandings of the role of indigenous intermediaries in political and everyday life and of their agency in responding to, even shaping, the colonial legal system as it evolved over a long period of time. Scholars specializing in colonial Mesoamerica, as well as other parts of the Americas, will find Yanna P. Yannakakis's arguments highly pertinent to current discussions about law, politics, and state building." Susan Kellogg, author of Law and the Transformation of Aztec Society, 1500-1700, "Yannakakis's work is well researched and engagingly written, and her arguments serve to deepen current exchanges about conquest: indigenous agency, negotiations, and strategies; the conflicted and multifaceted nature of colonial ru≤ and the need for document-centered historical works that pay close attention to voices traditionally marginalized. This is an important contribution to the fields of social, cultural, and legal history, as well as ethnohistory. Although this work is most valuable to specialists in these fields, its clear and engaging prose will make it of interest also to nonspecialist readers." - SilverMoon, Latin American Politics and Society, "The Art of Being In-Betweenis a very important contribution to understandings of the role of indigenous intermediaries in political and everyday life and of their agency in responding to, even shaping, the colonial legal system as it evolved over a long period of time. Scholars specializing in colonial Mesoamerica, as well as other parts of the Americas, will find Yanna P. Yannakakis's arguments highly pertinent to current discussions about law, politics, and state building." Susan Kellogg, author ofLaw and the Transformation of Aztec Society, 1500-1700, “ The Art of Being In-between is a very important contribution to understandings of the role of indigenous intermediaries in political and everyday life and of their agency in responding to, even shaping, the colonial legal system as it evolved over a long period of time. Scholars specializing in colonial Mesoamerica, as well as other parts of the Americas, will find Yanna Yannakakis’s arguments highly pertinent to current discussions about law, politics, and state building.�- Susan Kellogg , author of Law and the Transformation of Aztec Culture, 1500–1700, "Beautifully written, Yannakakis's book provides valuable insight into the relationships between the governors and the governed in the Indies, and intermediaries' efforts in keeping them balanced." - Claudia Guarisco, American Historical Review, “Meticulously researched and engagingly written, The Art of Being In-between opens new dimensions for social and cultural history in the complex ethnic tapestries of the Sierra Norte de Oaxaca. Yanna Yannakakis’s narrative elevates the historical role of native intermediaries- indios ladinos -in the persistence of communal identities through ethnic rivalries only dimly perceived by colonial authorities. This book illustrates the power of human agency in the negotiations among diverse indigenous peoples, Church, and Crown within the contradictions of colonial rule.�- Cynthia Radding , author of Landscapes of Power and Identity: Comparative Histories in the Sonoran Desert and the Forests of Amazonia from Colony to Republic, "Yannakakis' detailed analysis of a variety of sources-land disputes, legal petitions, idolatry trials, indigenous pictorial histories-is a worthy addition to the recent boom in sociocultural history that seeks to contextualize the use of language in the past." - Paul Charney, Colonial Latin American Historical Review, " The Art of Being In-between is a very important contribution to understandings of the role of indigenous intermediaries in political and everyday life and of their agency in responding to, even shaping, the colonial legal system as it evolved over a long period of time. Scholars specializing in colonial Mesoamerica, as well as other parts of the Americas, will find Yanna Yannakakis's arguments highly pertinent to current discussions about law, politics, and state building."- Susan Kellogg , author of Law and the Transformation of Aztec Culture, 15001700
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Table Of Content
Preface ix Acknowledgments xix Introduction 1 Part 1. Conflict and Crisis, 1660-1700 1. "Loyal Vassal," Seditious Subject," and Other Performances 33 2. "Idolaters and Rebels," "Good and Faithful Indians": The Cajonos Rebellion and After 65 Part 2. The Renegotiation of Local Rule: Strategies and Tactics, 1700-1770 3. Reform, Resistance, and Rhetoric 99 4. The Pact: Cacique and Cabildo 131 Part 3. The Political Space Closes, 1770-1810 5. Bourbon Officials 161 6. From "Indian Conquerors" to Local "Indians" 192 Conclusion 220 Notes 229 Bibliography 261 Index 275
Synopsis
Asks how elite native intermediaries conversant in Spanish language, legal rhetoric, and personal demeanor shaped the political and cultural landscape of colonialism., In The Art of Being In-between Yanna Yannakakis rethinks processes of cultural change and indigenous resistance and accommodation to colonial rule through a focus on the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca, a rugged, mountainous, ethnically diverse, and overwhelmingly indigenous region of colonial Mexico. Her rich social and cultural history tells the story of the making of colonialism at the edge of empire through the eyes of native intermediary figures: indigenous governors clothed in Spanish silks, priests' assistants, interpreters, economic middlemen, legal agents, landed nobility, and "Indian conquistadors." Through political negotiation, cultural brokerage, and the exercise of violence, these fascinating intercultural figures redefined native leadership, sparked indigenous rebellions, and helped forge an ambivalent political culture that distinguished the hinterlands from the centers of Spanish empire. Through interpretation of a wide array of historical sources--including descriptions of public rituals, accounts of indigenous rebellions, idolatry trials, legal petitions, court cases, land disputes, and indigenous pictorial histories--Yannakakis weaves together an elegant narrative that illuminates political and cultural struggles over the terms of local rule. As cultural brokers, native intermediaries at times reconciled conflicting interests, and at other times positioned themselves in opposing camps over the outcome of municipal elections, the provision of goods and labor, landholding, community ritual, the meaning of indigenous "custom" in relation to Spanish law, and representations of the past. In the process, they shaped an emergent "Indian" identity in tension with other forms of indigenous identity and a political order characterized by a persistent conflict between local autonomy and colonial control. This innovative study provides fresh insight into colonialism's disparate cultures and the making of race, ethnicity, and the colonial state and legal system in Spanish America., In The Art of Being In-between Yanna Yannakakis rethinks processes of cultural change and indigenous resistance and accommodation to colonial rule through a focus on the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca, a rugged, mountainous, ethnically diverse, and overwhelmingly indigenous region of colonial Mexico. Her rich social and cultural history tells the story of the making of colonialism at the edge of empire through the eyes of native intermediary figures: indigenous governors clothed in Spanish silks, priests' assistants, interpreters, economic middlemen, legal agents, landed nobility, and "Indian conquistadors." Through political negotiation, cultural brokerage, and the exercise of violence, these fascinating intercultural figures redefined native leadership, sparked indigenous rebellions, and helped forge an ambivalent political culture that distinguished the hinterlands from the centers of Spanish empire. Through interpretation of a wide array of historical sources-including descriptions of public rituals, accounts of indigenous rebellions, idolatry trials, legal petitions, court cases, land disputes, and indigenous pictorial histories-Yannakakis weaves together an elegant narrative that illuminates political and cultural struggles over the terms of local rule. As cultural brokers, native intermediaries at times reconciled conflicting interests, and at other times positioned themselves in opposing camps over the outcome of municipal elections, the provision of goods and labor, landholding, community ritual, the meaning of indigenous "custom" in relation to Spanish law, and representations of the past. In the process, they shaped an emergent "Indian" identity in tension with other forms of indigenous identity and a political order characterized by a persistent conflict between local autonomy and colonial control. This innovative study provides fresh insight into colonialism's disparate cultures and the making of race, ethnicity, and the colonial state and legal system in Spanish America.
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