Comuneros : community and indigeneity in Saraguro, Ecuador

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dc.contributor.authorStanger, James R
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorWilson, Patrick
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-29T21:55:15Z
dc.date.available2012-05-29T21:55:15Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.descriptionvii, 176 leaves ; 29 cmen_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the concept of the indigenous community in Saraguro, Ecuador. I explore the myriad and co-existing ideas of community and community participation at the local level, focusing on two of the defining practices of community integration: monthly assemblies and communal labour parties. Acknowledging the role of the state in the production of local communities, the historical and contemporary relations between highland Ecuadorian indigenous communities and the state are examined in an effort to contextualize the importance placed on communities as autonomous spaces. Centering around a nationwide indigenous-led protest in May of 2010, ideas of mestizaje, modernization, historical fears of the Indian, and community justice are discussed to help analyze the continuously negotiated boundary between indigenous communities and the nation-state. Finally, competing conceptualizations of indigeneity are examined with respect to a recent neo-Inkaic cultural revitalization movement, partly NGO sponsored, that has emerged in the area. iiien_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3077
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Anthropology, 2011en_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Anthropologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectGroup identity -- Ecuador -- Saraguroen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous peoples -- Ecuador -- Saraguro -- Social life and customsen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous peoples -- Ethnic identityen_US
dc.subjectEcuador -- Saraguro -- Social life and customsen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleComuneros : community and indigeneity in Saraguro, Ecuadoren_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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