Continuity and Transformation in Central Mexico
"The Legend of Tepozteco" and the People of Tepoztlán
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5947266 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Margarita Vargas‐betancourt (0000-0001-7315-9870, University of Florida, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 50-58 |
| 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.12046 |
| OpenAlex | W1775038315 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
This chapter takes an ethnohistorical approach to the study of cultural continuity in the town of Tepoztlán, Morelos. During the course of history, the people of Tepoztlán have maintained social cohesion by reenacting a historical legend, the "Legend of Tepozteco," which brings together pre-Hispanic and colonial mythologies with contemporary performance art at the base of an ancient temple. This social cohesion produced through performance and place has allowed the community to resist economic projects that have threatened the ecological, cultural, and social identity of their town, such as a movement against the construction of a golf course in 1995
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Colonial period · Colonialism · Economic geography · Ethnology · Geography · Legend · Mythology · Sense of place · Sociology · Classics · History · Latin American history and culture
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |