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Intimate Indigeneities: Aspirational Affective Solidarity In 21St Century Indigenous Mexican Representation, Jacob S. Neely
Intimate Indigeneities: Aspirational Affective Solidarity In 21St Century Indigenous Mexican Representation, Jacob S. Neely
Theses and Dissertations--Hispanic Studies
This dissertation analyzes six contemporary texts (2008–18) that represent indigenous Mexicans to transnational audiences. Despite being disparate in authorship, genre, and mode of presentation, all address the failings of the Mexican state discourse of mestizaje that exalts indigenous antiquities while obfuscating the racialized socioeconomic hierarchies that marginalize contemporary indigenous peoples. Casting this conflict synecdochally as the national imposing itself on quotidian life, the texts help the reader/viewer come to understand it in personal, affective terms. The audience is encouraged to identify with how it feels to exist in a space where, paradoxically, the interruption of everyday life has become the …
Los Códices: An Exhibit Of Illustrated Books From Indigenous Mesoamerica, Jacob S. Neely
Los Códices: An Exhibit Of Illustrated Books From Indigenous Mesoamerica, Jacob S. Neely
Hispanic Studies Student Research
This is an exhibit of facsimile codices housed in the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
The exhibit is on display in the Great Hall on the second floor of the Margaret I. King Library at the University of Kentucky from September 17, 2018 to November 9, 2018.
The exhibit is also available online.