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Este ensayo recorre la historia de la gente del Hacha (andoque) y de otros pequeños grupos del oriente colombiano, que se autodenominan hoy en día la gente "Gente del Centro", o la "Gente de la Coca y del Tabaco (uitotos, andoques, bora- miraña, muinanes , nonuya , ocaina); escudriña el destino de estos pequeños grupos, que han sobrevivido física y culturalmente, en medio de una sociedad que hasta hace solo unos pocos lustros les era no solo indiferente sino abiertamente adversa y hostil.
Roberto, Pineda Camacho Profesor Departamento de Antropología, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Miembro de Número de la Academia Colombiana de Historia
A collection of multinational scholarly contributions on various cultural aspects of the Amazon region in the 20th century.
A Fervent Crusade for the National Soul examines the implementation of cultural policies in relation to the contested configuration of citizenship in Colombia between 1930 and 1946. At a time when national identities were re-imagined all over the Americas, progressive artists and intellectuals affiliated with the liberal governments that ruled Colombia established an unprecedented bureaucratic apparatus for cultural intervention that celebrated so-called “popular culture” and rendered culture a social right. This book challenges pervasive narratives of state failure in Colombia, attending to the confrontations, negotiations, and entanglements of bureaucrats with everyday citizens that sh...
According to legend, Cumbe ruled the Colombian community of Cumbal during the Spanish invasion. Although there is no documentation of Chief Cumbe's existence, today's Cumbales point to him as their ancestral link to Pasto ancestors. His image reappears often in popular music, theater, community organization, and militant politics as the Cumbales attempt to reinvigorate their indigenous heritage and reclaim the lands this heritage justifies. Joanne Rappaport examines the Cumbales' reappropriation of history and the resulting reinvention of tradition. She explores the ways in which personal memories are interpreted in nonverbal expression, such as ritual and material culture, as well as in ora...