The Construction of the Collective among the Chilas, Nahuas from the Northern Sierra of Guerrero
The Nahua people native to the northern highlands of the state of Guerrero have a long history of permanent settlement in various parts of the metropolitan area of the Valley of Mexico. Their organizational experiences include strong references to collaborative work, which is nourished by notions of...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/78108 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://nahuatl.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ecn/article/view/78108 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | organizaciones étnicas nahuas reconocimiento étnico luchas políticas identificaciones sociales etnicidad urbana acciones colectivas nahuas urbanos Nahuas and ethnic organizations ethnic recognition and political struggles social identifications urban ethnicity collective actions and urban Nahuas |
| Sumario: | The Nahua people native to the northern highlands of the state of Guerrero have a long history of permanent settlement in various parts of the metropolitan area of the Valley of Mexico. Their organizational experiences include strong references to collaborative work, which is nourished by notions of support and reciprocity operated under a dynamic set of social networks, but particularly by the continuous creation of civil associations and organized groups of various kinds. Underlying the operation of these groups is the construction of an idea of the collective, which I consider central to the contemporary reproduction of both its processes of urban ethnicity and ethnic recognition. In this paper I identify precisely the historical references of the region of origin that provide semantic and discursive content to what I refer to as an idea of the collective, to contribute to the complex dialogic relationship between social identifications and ethnic recognition in scenarios of political disputes, social conflicts and urban inequalities. The analysis is based on the review of an informative newspaper promoted by the Nahuas themselves for ten years (1982-1992), closely linked to ethnographic data collected in the last decade. |
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