Remaking Indigeneity in the Amazon - Christianity, Colonization and the State

Drawing on archival and ethnographic work, this book analyses how indigeneity, Christianity, and state-making became intertwined in the Colombian Amazon throughout the 20th century.

List of contents

Introduction 1. The Making of an Amazonian Frontier 2. Conversion Under Dispute: Evangelical Christianity and the State 3. Between Rupture and Continuity: The Politics of Conversion 4. Christianity, Materiality, and the Critique of Modernity 5. Indigeneity, Development and Extractivism. Conclusions

About the author

Esteban Rozo is a Professor of Anthropology at Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá. His research focuses on how conversion to Christianity in the Colombian Amazon relates to processes of colonization, state-formation and the emergence of new forms of indigeneity.

Summary

Drawing on archival and ethnographic work, this book analyses how indigeneity, Christianity, and state-making became intertwined in the Colombian Amazon throughout the 20th century.

Product details

• Authors: Esteban Rozo, Esteban (Universidad Del Rosario Rozo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032440590
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3244059-0
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: Routledge Studies in the History of the Americas
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Latin America, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Modern / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Latin America / General, General & world history, Colonialism & imperialism, History of Religion, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, General and world history, History of the Americas, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards