In Search of Juan de Oñate
Confessions of a Cryptoessentialist
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2996571 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William A Douglas, William A Douglass (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 137-162 |
| Publication date | 2000-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Anthropological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-7710 • E-ISSN: 2153-3806 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/jar.56.2.3631360 |
| OpenAlex | W2335239575 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In recent years the combination of deconstructionism within their discipline and the challenge of an ascendant cultural studies movement from without have prompted anthropologists to question their key concept--culture. This present article discusses the multiple identities of Juan de Oñate, sixteenth-century founder of Hispanic Nuevo México, and particularly his "Basqueness," as ploys for reviewing the "anti-essentialist" rhetoric of the cultural debates. I argue that there is increasing convergence between anthropology and cultural studies, on the one hand, and that anthropology is regaining its confidence in the utility of the culture concept, on the other. I further conclude that some modicum of essentialism is inherent in (i.e., essential to) both the anthropological and cultural studies projects
Convergence (economics) · Essentialism · Ethnology · Rhetoric · Sociology · Theology · Anthropology · Cultural Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Latin American history and culture · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2009 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |