Making Ecuadorian histories : four centuries of defining power

Making Ecuadorian histories : four centuries of defining power / O. Hugo Benavides.

"This book investigates how archaeological knowledge is used for both maintaining and contesting nation-building and state-hegemony in Ecuador. Specifically, Hugo Benavides analyzes how the pre-Hispanic site of Cochasqui has become a source of competing narratives of Native American, Spanish, a...

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Main Author: Benavides, O. Hugo (Oswald Hugo), 1968- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2004.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture.
Subjects:
Indians of South America > Ecuador > Antiquities.
Indians of South America > Ecuador > Historiography.
Archaeology > Ecuador > History.
National characteristics, Ecuadorian.
Political anthropology > Ecuador.
Ecuadorians.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
Ecuadorians
Antiquities
Archaeology
Historiography
Indians of South America > Antiquities
Indians of South America > Historiography
National characteristics, Ecuadorian
Political anthropology
Politics and government
Ecuador > Historiography.
Ecuador > Antiquities.
Ecuador > Politics and government.
Ecuador
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Ecuador's Political Hegemony: National and Racial Histories
  • The Ecuadorianization of an Archaeological Site: National Identity at Cochasqui
  • National Mechanisms of Appropriation: History, Territory, Gender, and Race at Cochasqui
  • Between Foucault and a Naked Man: Racing Class, Sex, and Gender to the Nation's Past
  • Alternative Histories: The Indian Movement's Encounter with Hegemony
  • The Print Media's Contribution to National History: Who Owns the Past?
  • Conclusion: Power, Hegemony, and National Identity.

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