When a Flower Is Reborn - The Life and Times of a Mapuche Feminist

"A landmark in the history of social movements, indigenous studies, and women's studies, "When a Flower is Reborn" tells the story of the cultural regeneration of a whole people. The match between a sophisticated scholar drawn back to the country of her birth and an urbane indigenous woman organizer has engendered an entirely new form of testimonial literature, one that reads like a novel, but has the depth and breadth of the best history. This is not only an innovative book, it is a major achievement."--Temma Kaplan, author of "Crazy for Democracy: Women in Grassroots Movements"

List of contents

Acknowledgments ix

Editor’s Introduction 1

1. Chanco: Family, Land, and Culture 35

2. The Mapuche Movement under Dictatorship, 1973-1989 100

3. The Transition to Democracy 175

4. The Mapuche Movement under Democracy, 1990-1998 223

Conclusion 294

Afterword 327

Glossary 337

Notes 343

Index 363

About the author

Rosa Isolde Reuque Paillalef is a Mapuche feminist and political and human rights activist.
Florencia E. Mallon is Professor of Modern Latin American History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of Peasant and Nation: The Making of Postcolonial Mexico and Peru.

Product details

• Authors: Rosa Isolde Reuque Paillalef
• Assisted by: Florencia E Mallon (Editor), Florencia E. Mallon (Editor)
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.08.2002
• EAN: 9780822329626
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2962-6
• No. of pages: 392
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 225 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 771 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education