First it was the desert, then above it an oasis. An indigenous revisionism for the historiography of Cuyo.

Authors

  • Diego Garces UNSJ-CONICET

Keywords:

Indigenous revisionism, Territorial conflicts, Ethnogenesis

Abstract

Los indios montoneros. Un desierto rebelde para la nación Guanacache siglos XVIII-XX, by Diego Escolar, is a detailed effort to discuss the main historical narratives about the indigenous in Cuyo. Just as Guanacache was not always a hostile desert, but on the contrary the natural wetland of the San Juan River, the Indians of Guanacache were never docile or submissive. First towards the colonial regime, then towards the National State, Escolar's work documents numerous indigenous strategies to reclaim land and preserve memory.

In this review I will deal with some of the aspects addressed in the work, segmenting it into four parts: The decolonial without needing to be enunciated; The historical follow-up; The ethnopolitics of water and I will close by stating that it is a book tool. In these four sections I will summarize the strong contribution of the book for the historiography, ethnohistory and anthropologies of Cuyo.

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References

Escolar, D. a. 2021. Los indios montoneros. Un desierto rebelde para la nación (Guanacache siglos XVIII-XX). Prometeo.

Escolar, D. b. 2007. Los dones étnicos de la nación. Identidades huarpe y modos de producción de soberanía. Prometeo.

Fabian, J. 2019. El tiempo y el otro. Cómo construye su objeto la antropología. Universidad de los Andes.

Guha, R. 2002. La prosa de la contrainsurgencia. Crítica Rodríguez, F. A. 2010. Un desierto para la nación. La escritura del vacío. Eterna Cadencia.

Sarmiento, D. F. 2011. Recuerdos de provincia. Emecé

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Published

2023-07-31

How to Cite

First it was the desert, then above it an oasis. An indigenous revisionism for the historiography of Cuyo. (2023). Interstices of Politics and Culture. Latin American Interventions, 12(23). https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/intersticios/article/view/41263