Collective Memory of Rural Life in an Original Village in Mexico City

Edited By: Teresa Mora Vazquez

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The people of a small town absorbed by Mexico City share memories of the games, food, and streets of their past. This book presents a way to build a future that rescues the community’s identity, which still binds them together in spite of the city's segregating trends.

This book is the result of the collective effort of the people of a small, rural town absorbed by urban development at the southern tip…

This book is the result of the collective effort of the people of a small, rural town absorbed by urban development at the southern tip of Mexico City. It is made up of memories about the lives they shared with their parents while young and with the same neighbors that now gather to recall the games, the food, the streets and the activities that used to be part of their daily lives.

It presents a way to build a future that rescues the nature of the community based on the sense of identity that still binds them together as members of the town, in spite of the segregating trends in city dynamics.

Teresa Mora Vazquez received an MA in Anthropology from the National Anthropology and History School, Mexico, and is currently a Researcher at the Ethnology and Social Anthropology Directorate of the National Anthropology and History Institute, Mexico. She has researched and lectured extensively on different topics related to urban anthropology and indigenous peoples in various states in Mexico. She has written a number of books and articles on local customs, traditions and celebrations in Mexico City, as well as on the protection of intangible cultural heritage, migration and popular festivities.

Maria Teresa Figueroa Islas, Rosa Maria Martinez Salazar, Octavio Hernandex Espejo, Teresa Mora Vazquez, Maria Cristina Barrios Valero, Manuel Martinez Salazar