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Forjando Patria: Pro-Nacionalismo

Forjando Patria: Pro-Nacionalismo

Paperback

AnthropologyGeneral SociologyMexican History

ISBN10: 1646428587
ISBN13: 9781646428588
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: May 25 2026
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.45 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Often considered the father of anthropological studies in Mexico, Manuel Gamio originally published Forjando Patria in 1916. This groundbreaking manifesto for a national anthropology of Mexico summarizes the key issues in the development of anthropology as an academic discipline and the establishment of an active field of cultural politics in Mexico. Written during the upheaval of the Mexican Revolution, the book has now been translated into English for the first time.

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.

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