Colombia's western Coffee Region is renowned for the whiteness of
its inhabitants, who are often described as respectable pioneer
families who domesticated a wild frontier and planted coffee on the
forested slopes of the Andes. Some local inhabitants, however, tell
a different tale--of white migrants rapaciously usurping the lands
of indigenous and black communities." Muddied Waters" examines both
of these legends, showing how local communities, settlers,
speculators, and politicians struggled over jurisdictional
boundaries and the privatization of communal lands in the creation
of the Coffee Region. Viewing the emergence of this region from the
perspective of Riosucio, a multiracial town within it, Nancy P.
Appelbaum reveals the contingent and contested nature of Colombia's
racialized regional identities.
Nineteenth- and twentieth-century Colombian elite intellectuals,
Appelbaum contends, mapped race onto their mountainous topography
by defining regions in racial terms. They privileged certain places
and inhabitants as white and modern and denigrated others as
racially inferior and backward. Inhabitants of Riosucio, however,
elaborated local narratives about their mestizo and indigenous
identities that contested the white mystique of the Coffee Region.
Ongoing violent conflicts over land and politics, Appelbaum finds,
continue to shape local debates over history and identity. Drawing
on archival and published sources complemented by oral history,
"Muddied Waters" vividly illustrates the relationship of mythmaking
and racial inequality to regionalism and frontier colonization in
postcolonial Latin America.
General
| Imprint: |
Duke University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Latin America Otherwise |
| Release date: |
April 2003 |
| First published: |
April 2003 |
| Authors: |
Nancy P. Appelbaum
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| Dimensions: |
235 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
320 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8223-3092-9 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
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| LSN: |
0-8223-3092-X |
| Barcode: |
9780822330929 |
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