Hétéronomie et classifications coloniales. La construction des « nations » indiennes aux confins de l’Amérique espagnole (XVI-XVIIe siècle)

This paper deals with the building of Indian « nations » in the Nueva Vizcaya and Tucumán provinces, two of the farthermost parts of the Spanish American empire, located on its northern and southern boundaries respectively. Seeing as most of these « nations’«  names are heteronomous, the present pap...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d0dfc50b128e436b9b1446589062cb272021-12-02T10:38:17ZHétéronomie et classifications coloniales. La construction des « nations » indiennes aux confins de l’Amérique espagnole (XVI-XVIIe siècle)1626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.59411https://doaj.org/article/d0dfc50b128e436b9b1446589062cb272010-03-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/59411https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252This paper deals with the building of Indian « nations » in the Nueva Vizcaya and Tucumán provinces, two of the farthermost parts of the Spanish American empire, located on its northern and southern boundaries respectively. Seeing as most of these « nations’«  names are heteronomous, the present paper intends to bring out the underlying logic behind their creation and follows the taxonomic path followed by some of the Indian groups involved. Viewed from such margins, the « nation » takes on an altogether different meaning from that used by Europeans and conquerors themselves in describing their own identity. The naming process implied here consisted in registering under a category dependent on the vicissitudes of the ongoing colonial project rather than in accurately identifying any ethnic identity - contrary to what positivist reappraisals of colonial sources averred from as early as the last quarter of the 19th century.Christophe GiudicelliCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américainsarticlecolonial classificationsnationNueva VizcayaTucumánAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2010)
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FR
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topic colonial classifications
nation
Nueva Vizcaya
Tucumán
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
spellingShingle colonial classifications
nation
Nueva Vizcaya
Tucumán
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
Christophe Giudicelli
Hétéronomie et classifications coloniales. La construction des « nations » indiennes aux confins de l’Amérique espagnole (XVI-XVIIe siècle)
description This paper deals with the building of Indian « nations » in the Nueva Vizcaya and Tucumán provinces, two of the farthermost parts of the Spanish American empire, located on its northern and southern boundaries respectively. Seeing as most of these « nations’«  names are heteronomous, the present paper intends to bring out the underlying logic behind their creation and follows the taxonomic path followed by some of the Indian groups involved. Viewed from such margins, the « nation » takes on an altogether different meaning from that used by Europeans and conquerors themselves in describing their own identity. The naming process implied here consisted in registering under a category dependent on the vicissitudes of the ongoing colonial project rather than in accurately identifying any ethnic identity - contrary to what positivist reappraisals of colonial sources averred from as early as the last quarter of the 19th century.
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title Hétéronomie et classifications coloniales. La construction des « nations » indiennes aux confins de l’Amérique espagnole (XVI-XVIIe siècle)
title_short Hétéronomie et classifications coloniales. La construction des « nations » indiennes aux confins de l’Amérique espagnole (XVI-XVIIe siècle)
title_full Hétéronomie et classifications coloniales. La construction des « nations » indiennes aux confins de l’Amérique espagnole (XVI-XVIIe siècle)
title_fullStr Hétéronomie et classifications coloniales. La construction des « nations » indiennes aux confins de l’Amérique espagnole (XVI-XVIIe siècle)
title_full_unstemmed Hétéronomie et classifications coloniales. La construction des « nations » indiennes aux confins de l’Amérique espagnole (XVI-XVIIe siècle)
title_sort hétéronomie et classifications coloniales. la construction des « nations » indiennes aux confins de l’amérique espagnole (xvi-xviie siècle)
publisher Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
publishDate 2010
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