Mexico South

Introduction -- PART I THE ATLANTIC SLOPES -- i. Southern Vera Cruz: Threshold of the Tropics -- ii.Los Tuxtlas: Land, Politics, and Sudden Death -- iii. Coatzacoalcos: The Sanctuary of the Serpent -- iv. The Jaguar and the Serpent -- PART II THE PACIFIC PLAINS -- v. Tehuantepec and Juchitdn, Zapotec Capitals -- Appendix: The Epic of the Tehuantepec Railway -- vi. The Zapotec Heritage -- vii. The Endless Struggle -- viii. The People: (1) How They Look, Live, and Work -- ix. The People: (2) How They Think, Speak, and Amuse Themselves -- x. The People: (3) The Zapotec Family -- xi. Fiesta in Tehuantepec -- Appendix: A Tehuantepec Festival Calendar -- xii. Death and the Unknown -- Mexico South -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- 170 Words in seven Indian Languages of the Isthmus Tehuantepec -- Index.

Biography

Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957) was born in Mexico City. During his lifetime he became known as an outstanding painter and caricaturist. He later found equal fame with the publication of his two main books Island of Bali and Mexico South, both of which became classics in their different areas. His knowledge of art, archaeology, ethnology and anthropology gave his work a unique profundity. For several years he was Professor of Art History in the National School of Anthropology in Mexico City.