Titre du document / Document title

Indigena self-identity in Ecuador and the rejection of Mestizaje = Identité autochtone en Equateur et rejet du métissage

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

BECK S. H. ⁽¹⁾ ; MIJESKI K. J. ⁽¹⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ East Tennessee State University, ETATS-UNIS

Résumé / Abstract

Indigenous peoples of Ecuador have organized and mobilized over the past thirty years, partly to reshape their identities after centuries of domination. This research is a preliminary effort to explore the contemporary complexity of that identity. Best viewed as a quantitative case study, this analysis uses responses from seventy-six indigenous college students to a self-administered questionnaire. The authors found that indigenous students with greater acculturation experiences with mestizo culture were more strident in rejecting elements of that culture than were their colleagues who had had fewer encounters with mestizo elements of Ecuadorian society. While the tendency to identify oneself ethnically by rejecting the dominant culture represents only one dimension of ethnic identity (maintaining distinctiveness), the authors consider the findings important for future research on the dynamics of the process of ethnic identification.

Revue / Journal Title

Latin American research review   ISSN 0023-8791 

Source / Source

2000, vol. 35, n^o1, pp. 119-137 (1 p.1/2)

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Latin American Studies Association, Pittsburgh, PA, ETATS-UNIS  (1965) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

South America ; Ecuador ; Identity claim ; Ethnicity ; Indianity ; Indigenous organization ; Survey ; Student ; Acculturation ; Inter-breeding ; Half-breed ; Otherness ; Identification ; Indian's image ; Rights of Indigenous Peoples ; Self-determination ; Sociability ; Social relations ; Interethnic relation ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Amérique du Sud ; Equateur ; Revendication identitaire ; Ethnicité ; Indianité ; Organisation autochtone ; Enquête ; Etudiant ; Acculturation ; Métissage culturel ; Métis ; Altérité ; Identification ; Image de l'Indien ; Droits des Peuples Autochtones ; Autodétermination ; Sociabilité ; Relations sociales ; Relation interethnique ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 23897, 35400008197916.0040