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I'm not Chileno!: Rapa Nui identity
We are a people : narrative and multiplicity in constructing ethnic identity • Philadelphia • Published In 2000 • Pages: 142-150
By: Stanton, Max Edward.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses the rise of Rapa Nui identity spurred by the influx of non-Polynesian Chileans who tripled the Island's population between 1960 and 1980. During this time, policy incentives that included no income tax, subsidized housing, and high wages attracted "continentals" who filled upper-level professional and administrative positions on the island. Other outsiders came to work as laborers on large infrastructure projects. With the construction of an airport in 1967, tourism became a major industry, helping to ignite a Rapa Nui cultural renaissance with the initiation of a ten-day celebration of pan-Polynesian culture, the [n]Tapati Rapa Nui[/n]. Reviving their Polynesian language, the Rapa Nui people have come to identify more with other Polynesians.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Cultural identity and pride
- Speech
- Travel
- Rest days and holidays
- Ethnic stratification
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Rapa Nui
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2016
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1994
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960-1994
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Easter Island, Valparaíso, Chile
- NotesAdditional notes
- Max E. Stanton
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 150)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 99014398
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Easter Island