Managing Multiculturalism : Indigeneity and the Struggle for Rights in Colombia / Jean E. Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Jean E., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of South America--Colombia--Politics and government.

Indians of South America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Indigenous people in Colombia constitute a mere three percent of the national population. Colombian indigenous communities' success in gaining collective control of almost thirty percent of the national territory is nothing short of extraordinary. In Managing Multiculturalism, Jean E. Jackson examines the evolution of the Colombian indigenous movement over the course of her forty-plus years of research and fieldwork, offering unusually developed and nuanced insight into how indigenous communities and activists changed over time, as well as how she the ethnographer and scholar evolved in turn. The story of how indigenous organizing began, found its voice, established alliances, and won battles against the government and the Catholic Church has important implications for the indigenous cause internationally and for understanding all manner of rights organizing. Integrating case studies with commentaries on the movement's development, Jackson explores the politicization and deployment of multiculturalism, indigenous identity, and neoliberalism, as well as changing conceptions of cultural value and authenticity—including issues such as patrimony, heritage, and ethnic tourism. Both ethnography and recent history of the Latin American indigenous movement, this works traces the ideas motivating indigenous movements in regional and global relief, and with unprecedented breadth and depth.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Maps and Figures

Acknowledgments

Acronyms and Glossary

Map of Colombia

Introduction

1. Indigenous Colombia

2. Tukanoan Culture and the Issue of “Culture”

3. The State’s Presence in the Vaupés Increases

4. The Indigenous Movement and Rights

5. Reindigenization and Its Discontents

Conclusion. Indigeneity’s Ironies and Contradictions

Notes

References Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9781503607705

1503607704

OCLC:

1178768928