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Book SynopsisExplores the social, political, and historical context of public efforts to interpret and preserve Native American and Hispanic heritage in northern New Mexico. Thomas H. Guthrie analyses the relationship between heritage preservation and ongoing struggles over land, water, and identity resulting from American colonization.
Trade Review"[Recognizing Heritage] opens the way for a frank discussion of multiculturalism in New Mexico and Latino American heritage as a part of our national story."-Joseph Sanchez, New Mexico Historical Review -- Joseph Sanchez New Mexico Historical Review "Anyone interested in the history, cultures, and contemporary challenges of the Southwest, in the spatialization of historic and anthropological studies, or in historic preservation and heritage tourism will want to read and absorb Guthrie's fresh, illuminating perspective."-Chris Wilson, J. B. Jackson Chair of Cultural Landscape Studies, University of New Mexico, and author of The Myth of Santa Fe: Creating a Modern Regional Tradition -- Chris Wilson "Guthrie's fascinating and rigorously researched Recognizing Heritage confronts both the damning details and liberating potential of multiculturalism in New Mexico and the United States... This ethnography challenges anthropologists, policy makers, cultural producers, museum professionals, and the public to question the assumptions that drive our global culture industry."-Michael L. Trujillo, author of The Land of Disenchantment: Latina/o Identities and Transformations in Northern New Mexico -- Michael L. Trujillo
Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsA Note on TerminologyIntroduction1. Constructing History at the Palace of the Governors2. Authenticity under the Palace Portal3. Heritage and Recognition in the Española Valley4. The Politics of Preservation in Las Trampas5. Anthropology, Heritage, and Multicultural JusticeEpilogue: Danza de los AntepasadosAppendix: Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area ActNotesReferencesIndex
