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oapen-20.500.12657-321012021-11-04T14:07:48Z Mixtec Evangelicals O'Connor, Mary I. history anthropology Catholic Church Mexico Mixtec Modernity San Juan Puerto Rico United States Village bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography MIXTEC EVANGELICALS is a comparative ethnography of four Mixtec communities in Oaxaca, detailing the process by which economic migration and religious conversion combine to change the social and cultural makeup of predominantly folk-Catholic communities. The book describes the effects on the home communities of the Mixtecs who travel to northern Mexico and the United States in search of wage labor and return having converted from their rural Catholic roots to Evangelical Protestant religions. O’Connor demonstrates the ways that neoliberal policies have forced Mixtecs to migrate and how migration provides the contexts for conversion. Converts challenge the set of customs governing their Mixtec villages by refusing to participate in the Catholic ceremonies and social gatherings that are at the center of traditional village life. Home communities have responded in a number of ways—ranging from expulsion of converts to partial acceptance and adjustments within the village. 2016-12-31 23:55:55 2019-12-10 14:24:06 2020-04-01T13:58:18Z 2020-04-01T13:58:18Z 2016 book 617497 OCN: 972570589 9781607324232 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32101 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 617497.pdf http://upcolorado.com/university-press-of-colorado/item/2773-mixtec-evangelicals University Press of Colorado 10.26530/OAPEN_617497 103434 10.26530/OAPEN_617497 70e7c833-622a-43ce-9f6f-f7afb0c104e9 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781607324232 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 161 Boulder 103434 KU Round 2 650012 Knowledge Unlatched open access
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MIXTEC EVANGELICALS is a comparative ethnography of four Mixtec communities in Oaxaca, detailing the process by which economic migration and religious conversion combine to change the social and cultural makeup of predominantly folk-Catholic communities. The book describes the effects on the home communities of the Mixtecs who travel to northern Mexico and the United States in search of wage labor and return having converted from their rural Catholic roots to Evangelical Protestant religions. O’Connor demonstrates the ways that neoliberal policies have forced Mixtecs to migrate and how migration provides the contexts for conversion. Converts challenge the set of customs governing their Mixtec villages by refusing to participate in the Catholic ceremonies and social gatherings that are at the center of traditional village life. Home communities have responded in a number of ways—ranging from expulsion of converts to partial acceptance and adjustments within the village.
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