Title Indigenous movements, self-representation, and the State in Latin America / edited by Kay B. Warren & Jean E. Jackson

Edition 1st ed Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 294 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Introduction: studying indigenous activism in Latin America / Kay B. Warren and Jean E. Jackson -- Indigenous public voice: the multiple idioms of modernity in native Cauca / David D. Gow and Joanne Rappaport -- Contested discourses of authority in Colombian national indigenous politics: the 1996 summer takeovers / Jean E. Jackson -- Multiplicity of Mayan voices: Mayan leadership and the politics of self-representation / Víctor Montejo -- Voting against indigenous rights in Guatemala: lessons from the 1999 referendum / Kay B. Warren -- How should an Indian speak? Amazonian Indians and the symbolic politics of language in the global public sphere / Laura R. Graham -- Representation, polyphony, and the construction of power in a Kayapó video / Terence Turner -- Cutting through state and class: sources and strategies of self-representation in Latin America / Alcida Rita Ramos Summary Throughout Latin America, indigenous peoples are responding to state violence and pro-democracy social movements by asserting their rights to a greater measure of cultural autonomy and self-determination. This volume's case studies of movements in Colombia, Guatemala, and Brazil weigh the degree of success achieved by indigenous leaders in influencing national agendas when governments display highly ambivalent attitudes about strengthening ethnic diversity. The contributors to this volume are anthropologists and indigenous activists from the United States and Latin America. They address the double binds of indigenous organizing and "working within the system" as well as the flexibility of political tactics used to achieve cultural goals outside the scope of state politics. The contributors answer questions about who speaks for indigenous communities, how indigenous movements relate to the popular left, and how conflicts between the national indigenous leadership and local communities play out in specific cultural and political contexts. The volume sheds new light on the realities of asymmetrical power relations and on the ways in which indigenous communities and their representatives employ Western constructions of subjectivity, alterity, and authentic versus counterfeit identity, as well as how they manipulate bureaucratic structures, international organizations, and the mass media to advance goals that involve distinctive visions of an indigenous future Analysis Indios Política y gobierno Indios Relaciones con el Estado Indios de América Trato recibido América Latina Activistas indios América Latina Bibliography Includes bibliographical references 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 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Indians -- Politics and government. Indians -- Government relations. Indians, Treatment of -- Latin America. Indian activists -- Latin America Self-determination, National -- Latin America POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- World -- Caribbean & Latin American. Indian activists Indians -- Government relations Indians -- Politics and government Indians, Treatment of Politics and government Race relations Self-determination, National Social policy Indianerpolitik Minderheitenfrage Soziale Bewegung Indianen. Rassenverhoudingen. Politieke bewegingen. Staat (politicologie) SUBJECT Latin America -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008106678 Latin America -- Social policy Latin America -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074911 Subject Latin America Lateinamerika Indianer. Form Electronic book Author Warren, Kay B., 1947- editor. Jackson, Jean E. (Jean Elizabeth), 1943- editor. ISBN 9780292704244 0292704240

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