Maria Fernanda Escallon

Becoming Heritage

Recognition, Exclusion, and the Politics of Black Cultural Heritage in Colombia

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Produktbeschreibung

Becoming Heritage examines how ostensibly inclusive heritage policies created exclusion and conflict among groups within the Afro-descendant Palenquero community in Colombia. Bringing together broader discussions on race, nation and inclusion, this book is for students and scholars interested in heritage, ethnicity and politics in Latin America.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009180399
• ISBN-10: 1009180398
• Artikelnr.: 72104228

Autorenporträt

Maria Fernanda Escallón is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Oregon. Her work has received support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Fulbright Program and the Mellon Foundation. Before pursuing doctoral studies, she worked in sustainable development and heritage policy-making in Colombia.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1. A new framework of legitimacy
2. Institutionalizing heritage: bureaucracy, meritocracy, and expertise
3. Heritage in the face of death
4. Palenqueras and the trap of visibility
Epilogue
References.