Abstract

RUIZ SALAZAR, Grissel Alejandra et al. Cultural Resignification: Adaptation of Rarámuri Women to Chihuahua City. Región y sociedad [online]. 2022, vol.34, e1517.  Epub Aug 01, 2022. ISSN 2448-4849.  https://doi.org/10.22198/rys2022/34/1517.

Objective: to explore the Rarámuri women’s cultural resignification, and the modification of ideology, practices, identity customs and beliefs, religious rituality, education, family dynamics and marriage when moving away from their rural environment of origin to seek new life opportunities in the urban area of Chihuahua. Methodology: based on a feminist methodology, the voice is given to 19 Rarámuri women whose testimonies were collected in various interviews. Results: it is evident the need to develop strategies and social instruments that, in addition to improving their quality of life, contribute to preserve some cultural traits of their community. Conclusions: it is possible to define to what extent the urban area lifestyle affects the rarámuri women’s customs and their conception of reality and survival, especially on new generations.

Keywords : cultural resignification; migration; indigenous women; feminist methodology; Rarámuri ethnicity; Chihuahua City.

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