Hemispheric Indigeneities
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Hemispheric Indigeneities

Native Identity and Agency in Mesoamerica, the Andes, and Canada

  1. 462 pages
  2. English
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Hemispheric Indigeneities

Native Identity and Agency in Mesoamerica, the Andes, and Canada

About this book

Hemispheric Indigeneities is a critical anthology that brings together indigenous and nonindigenous scholars specializing in the Andes, Mesoamerica, and Canada. The overarching theme is the changing understanding of indigeneity from first contact to the contemporary period in three of the world's major regions of indigenous peoples. Although the terms indio, indigène, and indian only exist (in Spanish, French, and English, respectively) because of European conquest and colonization, indigenous peoples have appropriated or changed this terminology in ways that reflect their shifting self-identifications and aspirations. As the essays in this volume demonstrate, this process constantly transformed the relation of Native peoples in the Americas to other peoples and the state.This volume's presentation of various factors—geographical, temporal, and cross-cultural—provide illuminating contributions to the burgeoning field of hemispheric indigenous studies. Hemispheric Indigeneities explores indigenous agency and shows that what it means to be indigenous was and is mutable. It also demonstrates that self-identification evolves in response to the relationship between indigenous peoples and the state. The contributors analyze the conceptions of what indigeneity meant, means today, or could come to mean tomorrow.

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Yes, you can access Hemispheric Indigeneities by Miléna Santoro,Erick D. Langer in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Latin American & Caribbean History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. Part 1
  10. 1. The Early Colonial Origins of Indigeneity in and around the Basin of Mexico
  11. 2. Existing Ancestralities and the Failure of Colonial Regimes
  12. 3. “We Do the Same Thing among Ourselves”
  13. Part 2
  14. 4. Everything Must Change so that Everything Can Stay the Same
  15. 5. From Prosperity to Poverty
  16. 6. Nation Making / Nation Breaking
  17. Part 3
  18. 7. Asserting Indigeneity in Contemporary Mexico and Central America
  19. 8. Against Coloniality
  20. 9. Reel Visions
  21. Postface
  22. 10. Travels of a Métis through Spirit Memory, around Turtle Island, and Beyond
  23. Contributors
  24. Index
  25. About the Authors