Religion, symbol, and ethnicity of contemporary Mapuche people in Chile

This dissertation demonstrates a study of the duality of hegemony and resistance that constitutes the cultural reconstruction of ethnicity at the crossroads of Mapuche people, the largest indigenous group in Chile, and the progressive Catholic Church. It focuses upon Comunidades Cristianas de Base (the Basic Christian Communities, hereafter CCB) in Mapuche communities and their leaders, Mapuche animadores. Mapuche CCBs are sites where grassroots Mapuche Catholics try to maintain their sense of cultural integrity by using both Catholic and Mapuche cultural forms.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Anthropology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Rhee-Yang, Kyejung

Contributors dc:contributor

• Whitten, Norman E., Jr.

• Religion, General
• Anthropology, Cultural
• Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1995 Rhee-Yang, Kyejung

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9543703
(UMI)AAI9543703

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/21584