Crow, Joanna.

The Mapuche in modern Chile a cultural history / [electronic resource] : Joanna Crow. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013. - xvi, 288 p. : ill., ports.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Mythical objects and political subjects -- Histories of conquest: the occupation of Araucan�ia and its consequences, 1862-1910 -- Renewed struggles for survival: national festivities and Mapuche political activism, 1910-1938 -- Caudillos, poets, and sopranos: articulating Mapuche identities on the national and international stage, 1938-1964 -- Revolutionary transformations and new representational challenges, 1964-1973 -- The Pinochet dictatorship: conflicting histories and memories, 1973-1990 -- Claiming historical truth in the era of neoliberal multiculturalism, 1990-2010 -- Conclusion: a defiant history of difference.

Traces the history of the Mapuche and Chile from the initial colonization of Mapuche land in the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Mapuche Indians--History.
Mapuche Indians--Social life and customs.
Indians of South America--Chile.


Electronic books.

F3126 / .C76 2013eb

305.898/72083

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