Rift, Rupture and the Temporal Politics of Race in Ecuador: Whiteness and the Narration of Neoliberal Futures During and After the Cenepa War

This article explores the implications of emergent neoliberal temporalities for the ongoing temporal marking of Indigenous peoples through an analysis of Ecuadorian white-elite narratives of national futures during and immediately following Ecuador's 1995 Cenepa War with Peru. Specifically, it...

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Published inHistory and anthropology Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 187 - 205
Main Author Viatori, Maximilian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 15.03.2015
Subjects
Border
Borders
Ecuador
Indigenous populations
Legitimacy
Nation
Neoliberal
Neoliberalism
Racism
Rupture
Temporality
Whiteness
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Summary:This article explores the implications of emergent neoliberal temporalities for the ongoing temporal marking of Indigenous peoples through an analysis of Ecuadorian white-elite narratives of national futures during and immediately following Ecuador's 1995 Cenepa War with Peru. Specifically, it analyses white-elites' assertion that the war represented a rift with the country's past in order to justify policies that continued to treat Indigenous peoples as alien within the Ecuadorian nation. An examination of this discursive strategy provides critical insight into the role of historical ruptures, whether in the immediate or distant past, for anchoring and legitimating elite claims to the future.
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ISSN:0275-7206
1477-2612
DOI:10.1080/02757206.2014.949700