From Peasant Struggles to Indian Resistance The Ecuadorian Andes in the Late Twentieth Century |
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| Author:
| Pallares, Amalia |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8061-3459-8 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2002 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $42.90 |
Book Description:
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Drawing on extensive research in her native Ecuador, Amalia Pallares examines the South American Indian movement in the Ecuadorian Andes and explains its shift from class politics to racial politics in the late twentieth century. Pallares uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore the reasons why indigenous Ecuadorians have bypassed their shared class status with other peasant groups and movements in favor of a political identity based on their unique ethnicity as Indians.
Drawing on extensive research in her native Ecuador, Amalia Pallares examines the South American Indian movement in the Ecuadorian Andes and explains its shift from class politics to racial politics in the late twentieth century. Pallares uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore the reasons why indigenous Ecuadorians have bypassed their shared class status with other peasant groups and movements in favor of a political identity based on their unique ethnicity as Indians.