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MARTINEZ, Nancy. La historia como discurso de identidad. La dominación y «el arte de la resistencia» entre los garífunas de Guatemala. Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2009, vol.4, n.8, pp.60-84. ISSN 1870-4115.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cimsur.18704115e.2009.8.172.

This text discusses the way «history» is used discursively to reaffirm identity and at the same time to legitimize a presence and a modus operandi at a particular time. Among the Garinagu, the signing of the peace agreements in 1996 was followed by a series of discourses on their origin and permanence in the country. Origin and ancestry, whether or not one came from Africa or had Carib blood, were crucial to understanding identity in the Guatemalan national context. At the same time, these arguments form part of a continuum of resistance that has taken place since the time of colonial domination. The postulates of James C. Scott (2004) and Franz Fanon (1973) are significant in providing a theoretical framework for a situation of domination that continues for the Garinagu people within the Guatemalan nation.

Palabras llave : Garinagu; identity; oral history; resistance.

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