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Indigenismo and its contested legacy in Latin America (I)

Sun, May 29, 12:45 to 2:15pm, TBA

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In the middle decades of the twentieth century, indigenismo established itself as a professional field with wide-ranging political, social and cultural effects felt throughout much of Latin America. An integral part of modernizing schemes, indigenismo promised to integrate the indigenous into the modern nation state. We propose two panels to explore how indigenous and indigenistas actors have participated in these processes. Drawing from newly available Mexican, Brazilian, Guatemalan and Peruvian archives, these papers suggest that the time has come to reassess indigenismo, its impact, and the critique that emerged in the late 1960s.

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