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The Mapuche people in post-dictatorship Chile
Etudes rurales • 163-164 • Published In 2002 • Pages: 283-303
By: Boccara, Guillaume.
Abstract
This article deals with the Mapuche ethnic resurgence in post-dictatorship Chile. Drawing on several concrete examples, Boccara shows that the Mapuche social movement that developed since the 1990s both challenges the very basis of the dominant political and ideological order and contributes to the process of rethinking the way of doing politics and building democracy, territory, and citizenship. By revalidating former political institutions and reasserting the value of 'traditional' devices of communication, socialization and memorializing, indigenous leaders and organizations are contesting the territoriality imposed by the Chilean state in the wake of their military defeat at the end othe 19th century. Whereas in the 1960s and 1970s peasants used to claim for more lands, the ethnogenetic processes in which present indigenous peoples are involved lead to the building of new territories, social groupings and identities (p. 303).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2009
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Central Andes
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 2007
- Field Date
- 1998-2000
- Coverage Date
- 1990-2002
- Coverage Place
- central and south central Chile
- Notes
- Guillaume Boccara
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-302)
- LCCN
- 72394662
- LCSH
- Mapuche Indians