Historia de la antropología indigenista

Documents the photographs and exhibition of 11 Kawsqar and 14 Mapuche tribal members from the Tierra del Fuego region of Chile during the 188̓0s as part of a "human zoo". The group were exhibited in the Jardin de Acclimatation in Paris, 1881 where they were photographed by Pierre Petit.

This collective book is the outcome of the discussion between historians and anthropologists from different professional backgrounds and affiliations. Its nine chapters reveal the larger paradox faced by these Mexicanist anthropologists and historians who propose research with an interdisciplinary vocation: as studies looking for a common ground of anthropology and historiography are more developed, the distance between anthropologists and historians as a professional discipline becomes larger. This book is a commitment to an interdisciplinary dialogue and an invitation to a...

Contains an interview with Adam Kuper, as well as translations of three articles which were originally presented at meetings held at the universities of Barcelona, Tarragona and Madrid in 1988.