Undefined identities: between ‘indium’ and ‘mestizo’ in Mexico and Latin America
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Abstract
Identity has gained strength as a subject of anthropological research, at least since the classic work coordinated by Lévi-Strauss ([1977] 1981) a few decades ago. In Latin America, numerous studies have focused on political movements — often indigenous political movements — which rely on a subalternating ancestral identity with a view to claiming rights of various kinds. Limiting ethnic identity to high visibility groups organised for...