Book review: Intangible Cultural Heritage in Mexico

In this seminal volume a multiplicity of dialogues are established and several borders are crossed: the past is studied to understand the present and imagine the future. Here, discourse is constructed through photographs and words manage to paint images. Reflecting upon the intangible heritage requires all the tangibility of concrete cases, which is why Lourdes Arizpe offers the analysis of seven cultural manifestations that are the heritage and patrimony of the people of north eastern Morelos. Through them, their identity is built, recreated and strengthened; through them they recognise each other, meet anew and reunite. All these cultural expressions are areas of co-existence and creativity, of expression and action, through which collective meanings are created that give cohesion and a sense of belonging.