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03926aam a22004578i 4500 001 80DE8FCC63F011E4A4D39B8FDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20141104010110 008 140626s2014 azu b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2014007750 020 $a 0816530610 (paperback) 020 $a 9780816530618 (paperback) 035 $a (OCoLC)876351039 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d ZP2 $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a E98.F7 $b R64 2014 082 00 $a 306.4 $2 23 084 $a SOC044000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a RodriÌguez, Roberto Cintli, $d 1954- 245 10 $a Our sacred maiÌz is our mother : $b indigeneity and belonging in the Americas / $c Roberto Cintli RodriÌguez ; with VeroÌnica Castillo HernaÌndez, Maestra Angelbertha Cobb, Luz MariÌa de la Torre, Paula Domingo Olivares, Tata Cuaxtle FeÌlix Evodio, MariÌa Molina Vai Sevoi, Francisco Pos, Alicia Seyler, and Irma Tzirin Socop. 263 $a 1411 264 1 $a Tucson : $b University of Arizona Press, $c 2014. 300 $a xxvi, 252 p. ; $c 23 cm. 520 $a " 'If you want to know who you are and where you come from, follow the maiÌz.' That was the advice given to author Roberto Cintli Rodriguez when he was investigating the origins and migrations of Mexican peoples in the Four Corners region of the United States. Follow it he did, and his book Our Sacred MaiÌz Is Our Mother changes the way we look at Mexican Americans. Not so much peoples created as a result of war or invasion, they are people of the corn, connected through a seven-thousand-year old maiÌz culture to other Indigenous inhabitants of the continent. Using corn as the framework for discussing broader issues of knowledge production and history of belonging, the author looks at how corn was included in codices and Mayan texts, how it was discussed by elders, and how it is represented in theater and stories as a way of illustrating that Mexicans and Mexican Americans share a common culture. Rodriguez brings together scholarly and traditional (elder) knowledge about the long history of maiÌz/corn cultivation and culture, its roots in Mesoamerica, and its living relationship to Indigenous peoples throughout the continent, including Mexicans and Central Americans now living in the United States. The author argues that, given the restrictive immigration policies and popular resentment toward migrants, a continued connection to maiÌz culture challenges the social exclusion and discrimination that frames migrants as outsiders and gives them a sense of belonging not encapsulated in the idea of citizenship. The "hidden transcripts" of corn in everyday culture--art, song, stories, dance, and cuisine (maiÌz-based foods like the tortilla)--have nurtured, even across centuries of colonialism, the living maiÌz culture of ancient knowledge. "-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Indians of North America $x Food $z Four Corners Region. 650 0 $a Indians of North America $x Agriculture $z Four Corners Region. 650 0 $a Corn $x Social aspects $z Four Corners Region. 650 0 $a Mexican Americans $x Ethnic identity. 650 0 $a Mexicans $x Ethnic identity. 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Corn $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00879299 650 7 $a Indians of North America $x Agriculture. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00969635 650 7 $a Indians of North America $x Food. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00969750 650 7 $a Mexican Americans $x Ethnic identity. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01019104 650 7 $a Mexicans $x Ethnic identity. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01019253 651 7 $a United States $z Four Corners Region. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239650 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217031129.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826100933.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=80DE8FCC63F011E4A4D39B8FDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search