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Tables of Contents for Assimilating the Primitive
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Tables
vii
Acknowledgments
ix
CHAPTER ONE: The Theory
1
26
Primitivism as a Western Construct
1
7
Science, Race, and the Nation
8
8
The Vitalist Opposition to Science
16
11
CHAPTER TWO: The History
27
62
Mestizaje: Mexico's National Myth
27
2
The Emergence of Racial Hybridity
29
23
Envisioning a Mestizo Middle Class
52
14
The Birth of Mexican Cultural Nationalism
66
23
CHAPTER THREE: The Dialogue
89
64
Scientificism vs. Vitalism in Revolutionary Mexico
89
6
Manuel Gamio and Scientific Indigenism
95
10
José Vasconcelos and the Spiritual Renovation of Mexican Culture
105
18
D.H. Lawrence's American Journey: A Pilgrimage to the "Indian Source"
123
30
EPILOGUE: Toward a Postmodern Mexican Identity
153
8
Bibliography
161
10
Index
171