Juan Soldado: Rapist, Murderer, Martyr, Saint (review)
case study, which illustrates how indigenous people can evaluate their economic situation and make the best of it. For readers unfamiliar with Mexican anthropological and folklore research, especially the theories of Victoria Novelo and Marta Turok, Flechsig provides a good introduction. In general, she draws on the past research of Mexican scholars and shows how the entrepreneurs and weavers in Chigmecatitlan have sophisticated explanations of why they weave and what the significance of palm weaving is to them.