Singing for the dead chronicles ethnic revival in oaxaca mexico where new forms of singing and writing in the local mazatec indigenous language are producing powerful transformative political effects paja faudree argues for the inclusion of singing as a necessary component in the polarized debates about indigenous orality and literacy and she considers how the coupling of literacy and song has allowed people from the region to create texts of enduring social resonance. Singing for the dead the politics of indigenous revival in mexico paja faudree durham nc duke university press 2013 xv 315 pp. Singing for the dead chronicles ethnic revival in oaxaca mexico where new forms of singing and writing in the local mazatec indigenous language are producing powerful transformative political. Download citation singing for the dead the politics of indigenous revival in mexico by paja faudree review oaxaca continues to be a world center of tourism and anthropological research