Yaqui Indigeneity - Epistemology, Diaspora, and the Construction of Yoeme Identity

Offers an interdisciplinary approach to examining representations of the transborder Yaqui nation as interpreted through the Mexican and Chicana/o imaginary. Ariel Zatarain Tumbaga examines colonial documents and political literature that produce a Yaqui warrior mystique and reexamines the Mexican Revolution through indigenous culture.

About the author

Born in Sonora, Mexico, Ariel Zatarain Tumbaga is an independent scholar of Mexican and Chicana/o indigenous literature and culture.

Summary

Offers an interdisciplinary approach to examining representations of the transborder Yaqui nation as interpreted through the Mexican and Chicana/o imaginary. Ariel Zatarain Tumbaga examines colonial documents and political literature that produce a Yaqui warrior mystique and reexamines the Mexican Revolution through indigenous culture.

Product details

• Authors: Ariel Zatarain Tumbaga
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9780816539376
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-3937-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 226 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 295 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology