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Seeing Indians: A Study of Race, Nation, and Power in El Salvador
Virginia Q. Tilley
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Description for Seeing Indians: A Study of Race, Nation, and Power in El Salvador
Paperback. Num Pages: 297 pages, 18 b/w photos & 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; 3JJ; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
Since the 1930s, government claims and popular thought within El Salvador have held that the country no longer holds any Indian population. This book explores why this claim has endured despite the existence of substantial indigenous communities within the country's territory. Drawing on history, anthropology, and archaeology, Virginia Tilley delves into the history of Salvadoran racial thought and nation-building to illuminate the political motives for eradicating Indians from the country's national consciousness. Part I draws from the author's own ethnographic research in El Salvador and Guatemala to show how 'Indian-ness' has persisted, in contested forms, within El Salvador. Part II ... Read more
Since the 1930s, government claims and popular thought within El Salvador have held that the country no longer holds any Indian population. This book explores why this claim has endured despite the existence of substantial indigenous communities within the country's territory. Drawing on history, anthropology, and archaeology, Virginia Tilley delves into the history of Salvadoran racial thought and nation-building to illuminate the political motives for eradicating Indians from the country's national consciousness. Part I draws from the author's own ethnographic research in El Salvador and Guatemala to show how 'Indian-ness' has persisted, in contested forms, within El Salvador. Part II ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
Number of Pages
297
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826339256
SKU
V9780826339256
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About Virginia Q. Tilley
Virginia Q Tilley is associate professor of political science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in New York. Among her specialisations are ethnic conflict and indigenous peoples and race relations in Latin America.
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