Identities and conflict at the frontier: Local powers and the Chiquitanos

  • Joana A. Fernandes Silva
Keywords: identity, nationality, frontier, ethnicity, cultural fundamentalism

Abstract

I intend to present, based on identities theory and on cultural fundamentalism ideas, a reflection about interethnical relations, among the Chiquitanos and non-indians, in a region of national frontier, located between two national states (Brazil and Bolívia). I deal here with a remarkable fact lately occurring in this área which refers to ethnicity debates among regional population (politicians, farmers, etc.) A campaign, promoted by some politicians and by State of Mato Grosso governor, during 2005 and 2006, through written press, tried to convince state population of the non-indianity of the Chiquitanos and to prove that they are foreigners, i.e. Bolivian immigrants in Brazil. What is at play here, is not only a matter related to identity and authenticity, but a dispute for indigenous lands on the part of local land owners...

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Published
2008-12-01
How to Cite
Silva , J. A. F. (2008). Identities and conflict at the frontier: Local powers and the Chiquitanos. Memoria Americana. Cuadernos De Etnohistoria, 16(2), 119-148. Retrieved from http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/MA/article/view/11895
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