Title Making Ecuadorian histories : four centuries of defining power / O. Hugo Benavides

Edition 1st ed Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (x, 231 pages) : illustrations Series Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture. Contents Ecuador's Political Hegemony: National and Racial Histories -- The Ecuadorianization of an Archaeological Site: National Identity at Cochasqui -- National Mechanisms of Appropriation: History, Territory, Gender, and Race at Cochasqui -- Between Foucault and a Naked Man: Racing Class, Sex, and Gender to the Nation's Past -- Alternative Histories: The Indian Movement's Encounter with Hegemony -- The Print Media's Contribution to National History: Who Owns the Past? -- Conclusion: Power, Hegemony, and National Identity Summary "This book investigates how archaeological knowledge is used for both maintaining and contesting nation-building and state-hegemony in Ecuador. Specifically, Hugo Benavides analyzes how the pre-Hispanic site of Cochasqui has become a source of competing narratives of Native American, Spanish, and Ecuadorian occupations, which serve the differing needs of the nation-state and different national populations at large. He also analyzes the Indian movement itself and the recent controversy over the final resting place for the traditional monolith of San Biritute. Offering a more nuanced view of the production of history than previous studies, Benavides demonstrates how both official and resistance narratives are constantly reproduced and embodied within the nation-state's dominant discourses."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-226) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Indians of South America -- Ecuador -- Antiquities. Indians of South America -- Ecuador -- Historiography Archaeology -- Ecuador -- History National characteristics, Ecuadorian. Political anthropology -- Ecuador Ecuadorians. HISTORY. HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America. Ecuadorians Antiquities Archaeology Historiography Indians of South America -- Antiquities Indians of South America -- Historiography National characteristics, Ecuadorian Political anthropology Politics and government SUBJECT Ecuador -- Historiography Ecuador -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040894 Ecuador -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040915 Subject Ecuador Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2003016603 ISBN 0292702299 9780292702295 0292797397 9780292797390

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