Indigenous bodies, indigenous minds? Towards an understanding of indigeneity in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7096971
AutoresGabriela Valdivia (0000-0001-9442-8005, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen16
Número5
Páginas535-551
Fecha de publicación2009-09-08
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGender Place & Culture (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0966-369X • E-ISSN: 1360-0524
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09663690903148416
OpenAlexW2028293859
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas16
Referencias citadas73

This article explores how perceptions about bodies and interpersonal exchanges contribute to the production of indigenous subjectivities in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Drawing on feminist methodologies and experiences with Cofán, Quichua and Secoya peoples in the province of Sucumbíos, I reflect on how bodies and their 'grammar' can become analytical spaces through which to understand indigeneity. Specifically, I look at the body as object and subject of imaginaries of difference with the goal to examine how moments and interactions through which people commonly identify as 'indigenous' construct, contest and/or maintain indigenous subjectivities. I conclude with a discussion on the possibilities of thinking about and with bodies to further a post-colonial questioning of indigeneity

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