Foreword by Renato Rosaldo- Preface- Acknowledgments- Introduction- First Border Crossing. Don Roberto: Working for Change in the Sierra-1. The Postrevolutionary National Project and the Mexicanization of the Mam People- Forced Integration into the Nation- Mam Women and the Myth of Mestizaje- Federal and Local Indigenismos- From the Finca to the Ejido: Economic Integration- Presbyterianism and a New Mam Identity-2. The Modernizing Project: Between the Museum and the Diaspora- The "Stabilizing Development"- Anthropologists in the Sierra: The Mam People as Health Problem and as National Heritage- Diaspora to the Rain Forest- Second Border Crossing. Pedro: Searching for Paradise on Earth-3. Mam Jehovah's Witnesses: New Religious Identities and Rejection of the Nation- In Search of Paradise- Everyday Life at Las Ceibas- The Strength of Utopia and Antinational Discourse- Different Contexts, Different Identities-4. From Mestizo Mexico to Multicultural Mexico: Indigenism in the Sierra Madre- Two Struggling Perspectives- From San Cristóbal to Pátzcuaro- Participative Indigenismo- The CCI Mam-Mochó-Cakchiquel- Third Border Crossing. Don Eugenio: "Rescuing" Mam Culture-5.
Mam Dance Groups: New Cultural Identities and the Performance of the Past- The Mam Supreme Council- Mam Dances- Memory and Performance of Everyday Life- Dispute in the Construction of Mam Traditions- Fourth Border Crossing. Doña Luz: Organizing for Women's Rights-6. Organic Growers: Agro-ecological Catholicism and the Invention of Traditions- The Foranía de la Sierra: The New Social Ministry- Globalization and Organic Markets: Mam Identity and Agro-ecological Discourses- New Cultural Discourses and the Reinvention of Mam Utopia- Collective Reflection and New Spaces of Organization- Mam Women and Gender Demands-7. From PRONASOL to the Zapatista Uprising- Salinismo: The Administration's Two-faced Policy- PRONASOL Indigenismo- The Impact of the Zapatista Rebellion on the Life of Mam Peasants- Claiming the Power to Name: The Struggle for Autonomy- The Voices of Women- Again a Two-faced Policy: Economic Aid and Paramilitarization- Conclusion- Notes- Glossary- Bibliography- Index.