La «comunidad» de Colalao y Tolombón (Argentina) hacia mediados del siglo XIX. Características de una institución en redefinición

The aim of this paper is to analyze from an anthropological and historical perspective some of the characteristics acquired by the indigenous community of Colalao and Tolombón (current province of Tucumán, Argentina) around the middle of 19th Century.This is, this article considers who were part of...

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Main Author: Lorena B. Rodríguez
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Institut Français d'Études Andines 2011-12-01
Series:Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/bifea/1311
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Summary:The aim of this paper is to analyze from an anthropological and historical perspective some of the characteristics acquired by the indigenous community of Colalao and Tolombón (current province of Tucumán, Argentina) around the middle of 19th Century.This is, this article considers who were part of the community, what the system of representation was practiced, how the goods of this collective unit were used and administered and, in the light of this data, to discuss and reflect on the meanings of the term «community» within the context of major changes and socio-political, economic and ethnic redefinitions, as was the case during the transition from the colonial era to the republian one.
ISSN:0303-7495
2076-5827