Introduction: Mythical objects and political subjects -- Histories of conquest: the occupation of Araucanía and its consequences, 1862-1910 -- Renewed struggles for survival: national festivities and Mapuche political activism, 1910-1938 -- Caudillos, poets, and sopranos: articulating Mapuche identities on the national and international stage, 1938-1964 -- Revolutionary transformations and new representational challenges, 1964-1973 -- The Pinochet dictatorship: conflicting histories and memories, 1973-1990 -- Claiming historical truth in the era of neoliberal multiculturalism, 1990-2010 -- Conclusion: a defiant history of difference.
Summary
Traces the history of the Mapuche and Chile from the initial colonization of Mapuche land in the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.