Contemporary Perspectives on the Native Peoples of Pampa, Patagonia, and Tierra del Fuego (eBook, PDF)

Living on the Edge
Redaktion: Briones, Claudia; Lanata, José Luis

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Produktbeschreibung

The regions and the people of the southern cone of South America have been identified as wild and at the edge of the world. This compilation of research by scholars, many of whom are members of the Argentine Academia, effectively summarizes the struggle of the Mapuche, Tehuelche, Rankuelche, and Selk'nam peoples for a continued sense of cultural identity distinct from the one of inferiority foisted upon them by Spanish conquerors centuries ago. The native peoples of Pampa, Patagonia, and Tierra del Fuego on Argentina's southern cone are shown to be a dynamic people whose remarkable resilience and cultural survival has led them to a place in contemporary politics. Research exploring important current issues such as nationism and interethnic relations is included. Chapters address the seizure of Indian lands by the Spanish, selective policies of inclusion and exclusion, ethnocide and paternalism. The atrocities and injustices committed against these peoples reflect the experience of indigenous peoples all over the world. However, even in the face of adversity, the Mapuche, Tehuelche, Rankuelche, and Selk'nam peoples have maintained a sense of cultural difference, and they play a vital role in the culture and politics of the region.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313013485
• Artikelnr.: 72261089

Autorenporträt

CLAUDIA BRIONES is a member of the Anthropology Department, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. JOSÉ LUIS LANATA is a member of the Anthropology Department, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Laurie L. Weinstein Living on the Edge. by Claudia Briones and
José Luis Lanata Official Policies in the Seizure and Control of Indian
Territories in Northern Patagonia by Raúl Díaz and Carlos Falaschi
Araucanization-Nation: A Century Inscribing Foreign Indians in the Pampas
by Axel Lazzari and Diana Lenton Mortuary Rituals among the Southern
Tehuelche by Celia N. Priegue Religion and Kinship in the Mapuche Culture
by Graciela Hernández Myth and History: The Expression of Contact in the
Elal Cycle by Alejandra Siffredi Economic Relations, Co-operation and
Reciprocity in Mapuche Communities by Sabine Kradolfer Pulmarí: Protected
Indigenous Land by Coordinación dé Organizaciones Mapuche "We are Neither
an Ethnic Group nor a Minority, but a Pueblo-Nación Originario": The
Cultural Politics of Organizations with Mapuche Philosophy and Leadership
by Claudia Briones Interethnic Relations in Native-American Populations of
Argentine Patagonia. A Genetic Demographic Analysis by F. Raúl Carnese,
Alicia L. Caratini and Alicia S. Goicoechea Aspects of Ergativity in
Tehuelche by Ana Fernández Garay From Secrecy to Public Performance: The
Political Uses of Mapudungun by Lucia Golluscio Bibliography Index