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

Product details

• Authors: Marisol De La Cadena, Marisol de la Cadena
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2000
• EAN: 9780822324201
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2420-1
• No. of pages: 424
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 235 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 708 g
• Series: Latin America Otherwise; 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