Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-263) and index.
Contents:
Mapping Mapuche Territory : Reimagining the Conquest of the Desert / Sarah D. Warren. The Conquest of the Desert : The Official Story / Carolyne R. Larson -- "Occupy Every Road and Prepare for Combat" : Mapuche and Tehuelche Leaders Face the War in Patagonia / Julio Vezub and Mark Healey -- Environment and the Conquest of the Desert, 1876-1885 / Rob Christensen -- Live Indians in the Museum : Connecting Evolutionary Anthropology with the Conquest of the Desert / Ricardo D. Salvatore -- Beyond the "Desert" : Indigenous Genocide as a Structuring Event in Northern Patagonia / Walter Delrio and Pilar Perez -- Redefining Borders : The Desert in Argentine Literature / Jennie I. Daniels -- The Long Conquista del Desierto and the Making of Military Government Indigenous Policy, 1976-1983 / David M. K. Sheinin -- Senses of Painful Experience : Memory of the Mapuche People in Violent Times / Ana Ramos -- Mapping Mapuche Territory : Reimagining the Conquest of the Desert / Sarah D. Warren.
Summary:
For more than one hundred years, the Conquest of the Desert (1878-1885) has marked Argentina's historical passage between eras, standing at the gateway to the nation's "Golden Age" of progress, modernity, and--most contentiously--national whiteness and the "invisibilization" of Indigenous peoples. This traditional narrative has deeply influenced the ways in which many Argentines understand their nation's history, its laws and policies, and its cultural heritage. As such, the Conquest has shaped debates about the role of Indigenous peoples within Argentina in the past and present. The Conquest of the Desert brings together scholars from across disciplines to offer an interdisciplinary examination of the Conquest and its legacies. This collection explores issues of settler colonialism, Indigenous-state relations, genocide, borderlands, and Indigenous cultures and land rights through essays that reexamine one of Argentina's most important historical periods. -- back cover.
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