Indigenous Mestizos - The Politics of Race and Culture in Cuzco, Peru, 1919-1991

"A magnificent study. This is a model of closely interwoven ethnographic and archival research, among the most significant contributions to contemporary Andean history and anthropology in many years."--Brooke Larson, State University of New York at Stony Brook

List of contents

About the Series vii

Acknowledgments ix

Past Dialogues about Race: An Introduction to the Present 1

1. Decency in 1920 Urban Cuzco: The Cradle of the Indigenistas 44

2. Liberal Indigenistas versus Tawantinsuyu: The Making of the Indian 86

3. Class, Masculinity, and Mestizaje: New Incas and Old Indians 131

4. Insolent Mestizas and Respeto: The Redefinition of Mestizaje 177

5. Cuzquenismo, Respeto, and Discrimination: The Mayordomias of Almudena 231

6 Respeto and Authenticity: Grassroots Intellectuals and De-Indianized Indigenous Culture 272

7. Indigenous Mestizos, De-Indianization, and Discrimination: Cultural Racism in Cuzco 306

Notes 331

Bibliography 367

Index 399

About the author

Marisol de la Cadena is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis.

Summary

A study examining how indigenous citizens of the city of Cuzco have been conceived by others and how they have viewed themselves and places these conceptions within the struggle for political identity and representation. It provides readings of everyday concepts such as marketplace identity, religious ritual, grassroots dance and popular culture.

Product details

• Authors: Marisol De La Cadena, de La Cadena, Marisol de la Cadena, Marisol De La Cadena
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2000
• EAN: 9780822323853
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2385-3
• No. of pages: 424
• Weight: 1061 g
• Illustrations: 21 b&w photographs, 2 maps, 1 table
• Series: Latin America Otherwise; Latin America Otherwise: Langu; Latin America Otherwise; Latin America Otherwise: Langu
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Peru, 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, Amerikanische Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie