Resistencia indígena y discursos racistas: una lectura biopolítica de los mayas yucatecos
In this article I propose to analyse the history of Yucatec Maya people from a biopolitical perspective. I study two periods of great importance in Mayan history: first, during the colonial period, the politics of population control and the peculiar geography of Yucatan guide us to explain how the c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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University of Bologna
2012-06-01
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| Series: | Confluenze |
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| Online Access: | http://confluenze.unibo.it/article/view/3092 |
| Summary: | In this article I propose to analyse the history of Yucatec Maya people from a biopolitical perspective. I study two periods of great importance in Mayan history: first, during the colonial period, the politics of population control and the peculiar geography of Yucatan guide us to explain how the colony was settled there; while the second part discusses the lack of instability of Mayan Indians during Independence, the indigenous resistance that will eventually lead to the 1847 Caste War and its consequence: the sale of Mayan Indians as slaves to Cuba as an alternative to eliminate Indian rebels and to create an imagined nation of Yucatan. |
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| ISSN: | 2036-0967 |