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Social and Cultural Anthropology

2013

Selected Publications

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Corn Is Our Blood: Culture And Ethnic Identity In A Contemporary Aztec Indian Village., Alan Sandstrom Mar 2013

Corn Is Our Blood: Culture And Ethnic Identity In A Contemporary Aztec Indian Village., Alan Sandstrom

Alan R. Sandstrom

This book [first published in 1991 by University of Oklahoma Press] discusses dynamics of culture and ethnic identity among Nahua Indians who claim a direct ethnic descent from the ancient Aztecs of Mexico. It shows that the Nahua exhibit linguistic and cultural features that distinguish them from many other ethnic groups of modern Mexico, despite many years of Spanish conquest and a series of government attempts to incorporate them into the dominant Mestizo culture. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, the author identifies two broad local and national processes that accounted for this continuity. One of these concerns participation in traditional …


"What Happened To The Aztec Gods After The Conquest?", Alan Sandstrom Mar 2013

"What Happened To The Aztec Gods After The Conquest?", Alan Sandstrom

Alan R. Sandstrom

No abstract provided.


"Culture Summary: Nahua" [Online Document Available Through Ehraf World Cultures Database License], Alan Sandstrom Mar 2013

"Culture Summary: Nahua" [Online Document Available Through Ehraf World Cultures Database License], Alan Sandstrom

Alan R. Sandstrom

This is a culture summary of the Nahua. Information is presented on major aspects of Nahua culture.


"Anthropology Gets Religion: Cultural Ecology, Pantheism, And Paper Dolls Among The Nahua People Of Mexico.", Alan Sandstrom Mar 2013

"Anthropology Gets Religion: Cultural Ecology, Pantheism, And Paper Dolls Among The Nahua People Of Mexico.", Alan Sandstrom

Alan R. Sandstrom

No abstract provided.


The Long And The Short Of Ethnographic Research Among The Nahua Of Northern Veracruz, Mexico, Alan Sandstrom, Pamela Sandstrom Mar 2013

The Long And The Short Of Ethnographic Research Among The Nahua Of Northern Veracruz, Mexico, Alan Sandstrom, Pamela Sandstrom

Alan R. Sandstrom

Long-term ethnographic fieldwork in Mexico provides the basis for a critical evaluation of commitment to a single research site over decades. We discuss positive and negative features of this strategy as well as its effect on understanding of basic anthropological concepts.


Religious Ideology And Terrorism: Anthropological Considerations, Alan R. Sandstrom Mar 2013

Religious Ideology And Terrorism: Anthropological Considerations, Alan R. Sandstrom

Alan R. Sandstrom

No abstract provided.


"Pantheism And Sacred Water Mountains: The Cultural Ecology Of Contemporary Aztec Religion.", Alan Sandstrom Mar 2013

"Pantheism And Sacred Water Mountains: The Cultural Ecology Of Contemporary Aztec Religion.", Alan Sandstrom

Alan R. Sandstrom

No abstract provided.


"Blood And Paper: Dard Hunter And Ritual Sacrifice Among Native Americans Of Mexico.", Alan Sandstrom Mar 2013

"Blood And Paper: Dard Hunter And Ritual Sacrifice Among Native Americans Of Mexico.", Alan Sandstrom

Alan R. Sandstrom

Anita Lynn Forgach Keynote Speaker Award 2004 Lecture.


"Pantheistic Religion And The Cognized Model Of The Environment Among The Nahua Of Northern Veracruz, Mexico.", Alan Sandstrom Mar 2013

"Pantheistic Religion And The Cognized Model Of The Environment Among The Nahua Of Northern Veracruz, Mexico.", Alan Sandstrom

Alan R. Sandstrom

No abstract provided.


Introduction To 'Long-Term Fieldwork' [Special Issue], James Taggart, Alan Sandstrom Mar 2013

Introduction To 'Long-Term Fieldwork' [Special Issue], James Taggart, Alan Sandstrom

Alan R. Sandstrom

This special presents new, original essays by anthropologists who have spent a great deal of time carrying out fieldwork in a variety of ways and under many different conditions. Their ways of doing long-term fieldwork vary from revisiting the same community to doing multisited fieldwork to gain a broader comparative perspective in the discipline of anthropology. The authors wrestle with the meaning of their work after observing the people they befriended and studied undergo sometimesdevastating changes, suffering deep life-changing experiences themselves, and witnessing controversies over the value of doing and writing ethnography.