Indigenous Movements, Self-Representation, and the State in Latin America /

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Throughout Latin America, indigenous peoples are responding to state violence and pro-democracy social movements by asserting their rights to a greater measure of cultural autonomy and self-determination. This volume's case studies of movements in Colombia, Guatemala, and Brazil weigh the degre...

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Other Authors: Jackson, Jean E. (Jean Elizabeth), 1943- (Editor), Warren, Kay B., 1947- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2002.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Soziale Bewegung
Minderheitenfrage
Indianerpolitik
Staat (politicologie)
Politieke bewegingen.
Rassenverhoudingen.
Indianen.
Social policy.
Self-determination, National.
Race relations.
Politics and government
Indians, Treatment of.
Indians > Politics and government.
Indians > Government relations.
Indian activists.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > World > Caribbean & Latin American.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
Droit des peuples à disposer d'eux-mêmes > Amerique latine.
Activistes indiens d'Amerique > Amerique latine.
Attitudes envers les Indiens d'Amerique > Amerique latine.
Indiens d'Amerique > Relations avec l'État.
Indiens d'Amerique > Politique et gouvernement.
Self-determination, National > Latin America.
Indian activists > Latin America.
Indians, Treatment of > Latin America.
Indianer.
Lateinamerika
Latin America.
Amerique latine > Relations raciales.
Amerique latine > Politique et gouvernement.
Amerique latine > Politique sociale.
Latin America > Politics and government.
Latin America > Social policy.
Latin America > Race relations.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: studying indigenous activism in Latin America / Kay B. Warren and Jean E. Jackson
  • Indigenous public voice: the multiple idioms of modernity in native Cauca / David D. Gow and Joanne Rappaport
  • Contested discourses of authority in Colombian national indigenous politics: the 1996 summer takeovers / Jean E. Jackson
  • Multiplicity of Mayan voices: Mayan leadership and the politics of self-representation / Víctor Montejo
  • Voting against indigenous rights in Guatemala: lessons from the 1999 referendum / Kay B. Warren
  • How should an Indian speak? Amazonian Indians and the symbolic politics of language in the global public sphere / Laura R. Graham
  • Representation, polyphony, and the construction of power in a Kayapó video / Terence Turner
  • Cutting through state and class: sources and strategies of self-representation in Latin America / Alcida Rita Ramos.

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