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The Continuing Importance of Ballgames among Migrant Mixtec Communities in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5947236 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marijke Stoll, Marijke M Stoll (0000-0002-8702-2100, University of Arizona, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 26-37 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1551-823X • E-ISSN: 1551-8248 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/apaa.12044 |
| OpenAlex | W1734565085 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 34 |
The pre-Hispanic ballgame was integral in the lives of ancient Mesoamerican communities. Today, modern ballgames closely resembling their pre-Hispanic antecedents are still played in different states throughout Mexico. Here I explore the links between the modern ballgame pelota Mixteca (Mixtec ball) and ethnic identity in Mixtecan communities in Oaxaca and the United States, using data from ethnographic interviews with pelota Mixteca players. I conclude that because cultural traditions are important influences in the (re)shaping of identity, participation in Oaxacan traditions like pelota Mixteca is critical to the creation of a pan-Mixtecan identity among migrant Mixtec groups in the United States
Archaeology · Art · Ethnic group · Ethnography · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Prehistory · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Culinary Culture and Tourism · History · Latin American and Latino Studies
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Mixtec Transnational Identity
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Macehuales and the Corporate Solution
Becoming American
Playing with Power
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The Symbolism and Ritual Function of the Middle Classic Ball Game in Mesoamerica
Lived ethnicity
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Transnational Spaces through Local Places
What Makes a Place Ethnic
Campesinos y reformas
One of Those Intangibles
Politicizing Tradition
The Local and the Global
Performing Ethnicity in Southern Shan State, Burma/Myanmar
The Ritual Process
Reconsidering Spatial and Temporal Aspects of Prehistoric Cultural Identity
From Immigrant to Transmigrant
Ball Courts and Political Centralization in the Casas Grandes Region
The Mixtecs in Ancient and Colonial Times
Scholastic Antecedents of Immigrant Students
Neither here nor there
Reciprocity, redistribution, and the transaction of value in the Mesoamerican fiesta
"Maintaining "Otherness
Transnational Migration in Rural Oaxaca, Mexico
Sports, Gambling, and Government
The Power of the Imagined Community
Cultural Politics of Identity in Latin America
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |