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- Publisher
- American Folklore Society
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- Copyright © 2003 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.
- ISSN
- 1535-1882
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Abstract
For Mexico's Yaqui Indians, ethnic identity is both represented and renegotiated in narrative moments. In this article, I examine the process of narrative self-fashioning through the lens of the "Talking Tree," a story that portrays Yaqui ethnogenesis as a reaction to a prophecy of Spanish conquest. I contend that this narrative accords the Yaquis a level of agency that ordinary histories do not, refiguring them as informed actors in the determination of their own destiny.
Journal
Journal of American Folklore – American Folklore Society
Published: Jul 11, 2003