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Becoming heritage : recognition, exclusion, and the politics of Black cultural heritage in Colombia / Maria Fernanda Escallón, University of Oregon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Escallón, María Fernanda, author.
- Series:
- Afro-Latin America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- San Basilio del Palenque (Colombia)--Cultural policy.
- San Basilio del Palenque (Colombia).
- San Basilio del Palenque (Colombia)--Ethnic relations.
- World Heritage areas--Colombia.
- World Heritage areas.
- Black people--Colombia--San Basilio del Palenque--Social conditions.
- Black people.
- San Basilio del Palenque (Colombia)--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxiii, 224 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- Since the late twentieth century, multicultural reforms to benefit minorities have swept through Latin America, however, in Colombia ethno-racial inequality remains rife. Becoming Heritage evaluates how heritage policies affected the Afro-Colombian community of San Basilio de Palenque after it was proclaimed by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2005. Although the designation partially delivered on its promise of multicultural inclusion, it also created ethno-racial exclusion and conflict among groups within the Palenquero community. The new forms of power, knowledge, skills and values created to safeguard heritage exacerbated political, social, symbolic and economic inequalities among Palenqueros, and did little to ameliorate the harsh realities of living and dying in Palenque. Bringing together broader discussions on race, nation and inclusion in Colombia, Becoming Heritage reveals that inequality in Palenque is not only a result of Black Colombians' uneven access to resources; it is enforced through heritage politics, expertise and governance.
- Contents:
- A new framework of legitimacy
- Institutionalizing heritage : bureaucracy, meritocracy, and expertise
- Heritage in the face of death
- Palenqueras and the trap of visibility.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Apr 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781009180382 (ebook)
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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