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„Mythen einer Nation“ Zu post-/kolonialen Verhandlungen von Indigenitäten in der Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara/Mexiko

Authors :
K. Singer
Source :
Geographica Helvetica, Vol 67, Iss 3, Pp 155-161 (2012)
Publication Year :
2012
Publisher :
Copernicus Publications, 2012.

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