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SANHUEZA TOHA, Cecilia. BEING "INDIAN" IN THE 19TH CENTURY: FISCAL CATEGORIES AND SOCIAL DISCOURSE OF THE BOLIVIAN STATE IN THE PROVINCIA DE ATACAMA (ANTOFAGASTA REGION, CHILE). Chungará (Arica) [online]. 2015, vol.47, n.3, pp.507-520.  Epub 30-Ago-2015. ISSN 0717-7356.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-73562015005000039.

In this article we investigate the discourses and categories applied by the Bolivian State to the indigenous population of the Atacama province (nowadays corresponding to the interior of the Antofagasta Region, Chile) in the nineteenth century. We analyze administrative, ecclesiastical and statistical devices used by Bolivia to classify the "Tributary Indian" of Atacama, homogenizing it as one social and ethnic class. In this context, the logics and objectives that guide the different devices (registers of inhabitants, parish registers, censuses) reveal the ambiguities and contradictions of these classifications arising from a society in transition from colonial rule to a modern capitalist regime, and where the "indio" of Atacama will no longer have a place as a class.

Palabras clave : National States; Atacama province; tribute and indigenous policy.

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