{"product_id":"elusive-unity-fernando-armstrong-fumero-9781607323532","title":"Elusive Unity: Factionalism and the Limits of Identity Politics in Yucatán, Mexico","description":"In \u003ci\u003eElusive Unity\u003c\/i\u003e, Armstrong-Fumero examines early twentieth-century peasant politics and twenty-first-century indigenous politics in the rural Oriente region of Yucatán. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The rural inhabitants of this region have had some of their most important dealings with their nation's government as self-identified \"peasants\" and \"Maya.\" Using ethnography, oral history, and archival research, Armstrong-Fumero shows how the same body of narrative tropes has defined the local experience of twentieth-century agrarianism and twenty-first-century multiculturalism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through these recycled narratives, contemporary multicultural politics have also inherited some ambiguities that were built into its agrarian predecessor. Specifically, local experiences of peasant and indigenous politics are shaped by tensions between the vernacular language of identity and the intense factionalism that often defines the social organization of rural communities. This significant contribution will be of interest to historians, anthropologists, and political scientists studying Latin America and the Maya.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fernando Armstrong-Fumero\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1607323532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781607323532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Colorado\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Fernando Armstrong-Fumero","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47611786166527,"sku":"9781607323532","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_82a7d001-97aa-4b66-80f7-f5c4d1ec1823.jpg?v=1764516056","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/elusive-unity-fernando-armstrong-fumero-9781607323532","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}