Indigenous in the city

The politics of urban Mapuche identity in Chile

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2147293
AutoresSarah D Warren (0000-0002-6674-5705, Lewis & Clark College, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen40
Número4
Páginas694-712
Fecha de publicación2017-03-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2016.1181772
OpenAlexW2414329324
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas37

In this article, I analyse how urban Mapuche indigenous organizations in Chile conduct politics, both externally in relation to the state and internally in relation to other Mapuches. I suggest that the state creates the context for their politics through enacting centuries of policies that put Mapuche identity 'under siege'. My analysis shows that urban Mapuche organizations respond to this context in three central ways. Some organizations refuse the moniker 'urban' and are temporarily urban. Others embrace their urbanity and are adamantly urban. Still others try to overcome the rural-urban divide to become reconciled urban. Each of these strategies deploys ideas of authenticity in different ways, opening possibilities for different kinds of political alliances. My research argues that when the stakes are high for claiming a racial or ethnic identity, choosing which aspects of identity on which to base political demands has profound political consequences

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