Contested Ethnicities: New Pathways, New Challenges

Taking examples from Chile, Colombia and Ecuador, the following section analyzes the challenges, potentialities and ambivalences that the concept of ethnicity as a social category unfolds in practice. The examples show that although ethnicity is a modern colonial category that homogenizes and racial...

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Published inIberoamericana (Madrid, Spain) Vol. 20; no. 75; pp. 207 - 232
Main Authors Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Sebastian Garbe, Andrea Silva-Tapia, Andrea Sempertegui, María Cárdenas
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Iberoamericana / Vervuert 01.11.2020
Subjects
ethnicity
guardia indígena y cimarrona
mujeres amazónicas
pueblo mapuche
resistance
violence
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Summary:Taking examples from Chile, Colombia and Ecuador, the following section analyzes the challenges, potentialities and ambivalences that the concept of ethnicity as a social category unfolds in practice. The examples show that although ethnicity is a modern colonial category that homogenizes and racializes non-“western” populations, it can also be used strategically (or be rejected) by ethnicized actors themselves, to mobilize, strengthen and articulate their own political projects.
ISSN:1577-3388
2255-520X
DOI:10.18441/ibam.20.2020.75.207-232