Seeing Indians : a study of race, nation, and power in El Salvador /
Virginia Q. Tilley.
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2005.
- xviii, 297 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-289) and index.
Introduction: A conqueror's vision -- "There are no Indians in El Salvador" : indigeneity, the state, and power -- El Salvador's ethnic landscape/s -- "What is an Indian?" -- In the shadow of the Maya -- Remembering Cuscatlá® -- From colonial rule to independence -- The Matanza : genocide, ethnocide-- auto-ethnocide? -- Assimilated or erased? : ethnocide by statistics -- Being mestizo: the twisted logics of Mestizaje -- Celebrating Indians.
0826339255 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Indians of Central America--History--El Salvador Indians of Central America--Ethnic identity--El Salvador Indians of Central America--Cultural assimilation--El Salvador Ethnic conflict--El Salvador
El Salvador--Race relations El Salvador--Ethnic relations