TY - GEN T1 - Histories of the present : people and power in Ecuador A1 - Whitten, Norman E., Jr. (Norman Earl), 1937- A2 - Whitten, Dorothea S., 1930-2011 LA - English PP - Urbana PB - University of Illinois Press YR - 2011 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_on1431193739 AB - Drawn from the authors' work over the last twenty years with indigenous populations of Ecuador and catalyzed by the uprising of 1990, this volume takes a multidisciplinary approach to the history of Ecuadorian identity focusing on ethnographic studies, anthropological evaluations of indigenous art and literary analysis to examine the Ecuadorian view of their world. Each essay in the volume includes a prelude discussing its provenance and the intentions of the authors in the development of each piece. The volume includes several figures and maps as well as four full color plates. Norman Whitten is professor emeritus of anthropology and Scott Whitten is a research associate, both at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com). OP - 253 CN - F3721.3.E84 W55 2011eb SN - 9780252056482 SN - 0252056485 SN - 9780252036033 SN - 0252036034 SN - 9780252077975 SN - 0252077970 KW - Indians of South America : Ecuador : Ethnic identity. KW - Indians of South America : Cultural assimilation : Ecuador. KW - Indians of South America : Government relations. KW - Ethnicity : Ecuador. KW - Acculturation : Ecuador. KW - Ecuador : Race relations. KW - Ecuador : Social policy. KW - Peuples autochtones : Équateur : Identité ethnique. KW - Peuples autochtones : Amérique du Sud : Relations avec l'État. KW - Ethnicité : Équateur. KW - Éducation au développement : Équateur. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / General KW - Acculturation KW - Ethnicity KW - Indians of South America : Cultural assimilation KW - Indians of South America : Ethnic identity KW - Indians of South America : Government relations KW - Race relations KW - Social policy KW - Ecuador KW - Indigenes Volk KW - Soziale Bewegung KW - Fremdbild KW - Ethnologie KW - Schwarze KW - Electronic books. ER -