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Generando Naciones
No full textEn mi artículo analizo la película Yawar Mallku [Sangre de Cóndor, 1969] de Jorge Sanjinés desde el cruce entre los estudios de género y los estudios políticos-culturales que, pasando por cuestiones étnicas, se interrogan sobre la construcción del “cuerpo” nacional. El título de mi artículo, Generando naciones, es un juego de palabras que alude al hecho de que el proceso histórico-político de originar y construir naciones está siempre sobre-significado, y no sólo metaforicamente, por custiones de género, en la medida en que dicho proceso pasa por el control y el gobierno literal del cuerpo de la población, en particular del cuerpo femenino. Por lo tanto, leo Yawar Mallku a partir de una perspectiva biopolítica. Considerando las esterilizaciones como prácticas aparentemente opuestas al sueño del encholamiento, en la medida en que ambas tematizan el control físico y biológico de la población hacia la “desaparición del indio”. Bajo esta misma perspectiva podemos leer también la película posterior de Sanjinés La nación clandestina (1989) que trata la relación cuerpo-comunidad-nación y se interroga, con el personaje de Sebastián, sobre la construcción de la identidad nacional a partir de la lengua y del nombrarse, todas formas muy corporales de generar y regenerar identidades.
En conclusión, podemos observar que Yawar Mallku desborda su particular momento histórico y abre a la posibilidad de reflexionar sobre el papel que la reglamentación del cuerpo juega en general en la construcción del discurso nacional y incluso en la llamada época postcolonial, donde sigue perpetrándose con otros medios que los bélicos una lógica expansionista y de guerra profundamente patriarcal, racista y (neo) colonial
A New Way to Study Ancient Bead Workshop Traditions: Shape Analysis Using Elliptical Fourier Transforms
Full text linkA new analytical methodology using trigonometric functions of Elliptical Fourier transforms (EFTs) is presented for studying morphometric proportions of stone beads. The methodology was tested using ethnographically produced bead types from a single workshop compared to a discrete assemblage of stylistically similar archaeological beads from the Levant. The two-dimensional outlines of the shapes of both sets of beads were analyzed using the same methodology and EFTs were used to classify beads by their stylistic types and calculate their average morphometric values. These data defined the variation present within a techno-stylistic workshop tradition. EFT data from the modern bead groups were compared to the archaeological samples and both shared the quantitative characteristic of a single workshop tradition. The archaeological samples can be interpreted as reflecting a distinctive workshop tradition. This pilot study suggests that EFT analysis provides meaningful, empirical demonstrations of shared group membership, in terms of style and metrics
Beads from the African Burial Ground, New York City: A Preliminary Assessment
Full text linkExcavation of the African Burial Ground in New York City yielded the skeletal remains of more than 400 individuals. This paper is a preliminary discussion of the beads associated with seven of the burials. The in situ bead configurations of three of the internments are distinctive and appear to be indicative of cultural practices of Africans in 18th century New York. The configurations incude necklaces and possibly wristlets, as well as waistbeads. The latter represent the first recorded instance of such use by Africans or African descendants in North America. These objects provide insight into the religious or ritual behavior of the poeple who utilized the buria ground
European Beads from Spanish-Colonial Lamanai and Tipu, Belize
No full textExcavation of the contact-period components of the Maya sites of Lamanai and Tipu in northern and west-central Belize, respectively, have yielded moderate collections of European glass and other beads. The archaeological data are augmented by ethnohistorical documentation regarding the length of Maya/Spanish interaction. Contexts do not provide unequivocal stratigraphic evidence of sequential bead importation, but known dates of bead varieties assist in refining both site chronology and the understanding of bead use. As the first Central American collections to be analyzed, the two assemblages offer an initial glimpse of one aspect of European impact on native material and non-material culture
Merovingian Beads on the Lower Rhine
Full text linkThis paper presents a classification for beads of the Merovingian period (ca. A.D. 450-750) in the Lower Rhine region of Germany. Strings of beads recovered from graves are ordered by a seriation (correspondence analysis) which results in an ethnic (Roman vs. Frankish) and chronological structuring of the material. By comparing this with the chronological scheme established for the other archaeological finds, it becomes evident that the favored types of beads changed about every two generations. Besides changes in distinctive types, a development in general color preference is also observed
Some Remarks on Bodom Beads
Full text linkSome Remarks on Bodom Beads, by Peter Francis, Jr. (2002, 40:10-12
Beads and the Emergence of the Islamic Slave Trade in the Southern Chad Basin (Nigeria)
Full text linkBeads And The Emergence Of The Islamic Slave Trade In The Southern Chad Basin (Nigeria), By Detlef Gronenborn (2001, 38:4-11
