Momias, cráneos y caníbales. Lo indígena en las políticas de “exhibición” del Estado chileno a fines del siglo XIX

This paper studies the exhibition of indigenous bodies on Chilean territory in the late-19th century. Based on an understanding of the exhibition as a cultural mechanism and a bio-political exercise of symbolic appropriation, this paper analyses the production of discourse and representation in muse...

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Autores principales: Luis Alegría, Stefanie Gänger, Gabriela Polanco
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Publicado: Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2009
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:8b70be6c74fe47edb64f94b7ea1bba612021-12-02T10:27:25ZMomias, cráneos y caníbales. Lo indígena en las políticas de “exhibición” del Estado chileno a fines del siglo XIX1626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.53063https://doaj.org/article/8b70be6c74fe47edb64f94b7ea1bba612009-02-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/53063https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252This paper studies the exhibition of indigenous bodies on Chilean territory in the late-19th century. Based on an understanding of the exhibition as a cultural mechanism and a bio-political exercise of symbolic appropriation, this paper analyses the production of discourse and representation in museums and expositions. The article reconstructs in a historical overview the presence of indigenous bodies in museum exhibitions as well as in cultural events within the country. It identifies the practices of symbolic violence, principally directed by Chilean political institutions in their strategies of national identity-formation.Luis AlegríaStefanie GängerGabriela PolancoCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américainsarticlebodyheritageindigenous peopleAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2009)
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heritage
indigenous people
Anthropology
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Latin America. Spanish America
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Anthropology
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Latin America. Spanish America
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Luis Alegría
Stefanie Gänger
Gabriela Polanco
Momias, cráneos y caníbales. Lo indígena en las políticas de “exhibición” del Estado chileno a fines del siglo XIX
description This paper studies the exhibition of indigenous bodies on Chilean territory in the late-19th century. Based on an understanding of the exhibition as a cultural mechanism and a bio-political exercise of symbolic appropriation, this paper analyses the production of discourse and representation in museums and expositions. The article reconstructs in a historical overview the presence of indigenous bodies in museum exhibitions as well as in cultural events within the country. It identifies the practices of symbolic violence, principally directed by Chilean political institutions in their strategies of national identity-formation.
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author Luis Alegría
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Gabriela Polanco
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Gabriela Polanco
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title Momias, cráneos y caníbales. Lo indígena en las políticas de “exhibición” del Estado chileno a fines del siglo XIX
title_short Momias, cráneos y caníbales. Lo indígena en las políticas de “exhibición” del Estado chileno a fines del siglo XIX
title_full Momias, cráneos y caníbales. Lo indígena en las políticas de “exhibición” del Estado chileno a fines del siglo XIX
title_fullStr Momias, cráneos y caníbales. Lo indígena en las políticas de “exhibición” del Estado chileno a fines del siglo XIX
title_full_unstemmed Momias, cráneos y caníbales. Lo indígena en las políticas de “exhibición” del Estado chileno a fines del siglo XIX
title_sort momias, cráneos y caníbales. lo indígena en las políticas de “exhibición” del estado chileno a fines del siglo xix
publisher Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
publishDate 2009
url https://doaj.org/article/8b70be6c74fe47edb64f94b7ea1bba61
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