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Mythen einer Nation Zu post-/kolonialen Verhandlungen von Indigenitäten in der Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara/Mexiko
- Source :
- Geographica Helvetica, Vol 67, Iss 3, Pp 155-161 (2012)
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Copernicus Publications, 2012.
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Abstract
- "What has been of special interest for me has been the extension of postcolonial concerns to the problems of geography" (Said, 1994:21). The application of postcolonial theories enables us to question myths, apparently established boundaries and therewith related categorizations between indigenous peoples and the dominant Mestizo society within an urban Mexican context. By the use of post-/colonial images and stereotypes of the indigenous other, folkloristic, romanticizing and racist differentiations are upheld and reproduced within younger generations. In contrast to that postcolonial forms of resistance try to challenge these myths or use them as strategic essentialisms in an everyday practical meaning. This specific perspective allows other possibilities for empirical challenges.
Details
- Language :
- German, English, French, Italian
- ISSN :
- 00167312 and 21948798
- Volume :
- 67
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Geographica Helvetica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.61941f11b73a4b82adbd35ac6be1ce5c
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-67-155-2012