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Book SynopsisTestimonial text by a Mapuche woman, with commentary and other ethnographic interventions by a US historian.
Trade Review“A landmark in the history of social movements, indigenous studies, and women’s studies,
When a Flower is Reborn tells the story of the cultural regeneration of a whole people. The match between a sophisticated scholar drawn back to the country of her birth and an urbane indigenous woman organizer has engendered an entirely new form of testimonial literature, one that reads like a novel, but has the depth and breadth of the best history. This is not only an innovative book, it is a major achievement.”—Temma Kaplan, author of
Crazy for Democracy: Women in Grassroots Movements“Composed of short dialogues, this
testimonio is just made to be read aloud by students who will find themselves drawn into the rich personal experiences of Mapuche cultural resurgence and political activism as related by Rosa Isolde Reuque Paillalef and her family to Florencia E. Mallon.
When a Flower is Reborn is a fascinating account of the renewal and transformation of Mapuche culture and community politics and social criticism as captured through one woman's participation in different social movements across Chile's political history from the early 1970s to 1997. A pathbreaking, thoughtful collaborative work on indigenous activism in Chile.“—Kay Warren, author of
Indigenous Movements and Their Critics: Pan-Maya Activism in GuatemalaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix
Editor’s Introduction 1
1. Chanco: Family, Land, and Culture 35
2. The Mapuche Movement under Dictatorship, 1973-1989 100
3. The Transition to Democracy 175
4. The Mapuche Movement under Democracy, 1990-1998 223
Conclusion 294
Afterword 327
Glossary 337
Notes 343
Index 363
