The Origins of Indigenism
Subtitle: Human Rights and the Politics of Identity
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: January 6, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780520235564
Subjects: Human rights; Indigenous peoples; Sociology; Ethnic Studies - General; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Politics and government; Anthropology - General; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Tribes; International Relations - General; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Civil rights; Ethnic identity
First sentence: Anthropology is known for its tendency to focus on social microcosms, and the microcosm that I as an anthropologist have chosen to study is the world.
Description: "International indigenism" may sound like a contradiction in terms, but it is indeed a global phenomenon and a growing form of activism. In his fluent and accessible narrative, Ronald Niezen examines the ways the relatively recent emergence of an internationally recognized identity-"indigenous peoples"-intersects with another relatively recent international movement-the development of universal human rights laws and principles. This movement makes use of human rights instruments and the international organizations of states to resist the political, cultural, and economic incursions of individual states.