[Lasa] Naming Indigenous women Maria

[Kim Clark]

Hi Manuela,

While not about Ecuador, and not about legal names, Carmen Martinez 
discusses related issues in chapter 4 of her book: "Who Defines 
Indigenous? Identities, Development, Intellectuals, and the State in 
Northern Mexico" (Rutgers, 2006). Best wishes,

Kim

-- 
Kim Clark
Graduate Chair
Department of Anthropology
University of Western Ontario


On 1/6/2012 1:17 AM, Manuela L Picq wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
>
> As I keep writing about indigenous women, I am looking for any historical or sociological analyses on naming indigenous women "Maria" (especially in Ecuador). It is well known that they were (are) indiscriminately called "Marias," and many have their legal name preceded by Maria. Does anyone know of an analysis of that naming custom, and its impacts on homogenization, discrimination, invisibilization?
>
> Wishing everybody a smooth and healthy start for 2012.
>
> Saludos,
> Manuela
>
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