Consejos comunales and hostages: Reflections on the notion of cultural inimacy and the construction of national stereotypes in Colombia

This text aims to reflect on community councils, established during Álvaro Uribe Vélez (Colombia current president)’s first period in office (2002-2006⁄2006-2010). I intend to understand these councils as the arenas where Herzfeld’s cultural intimacy notion (1997) is prone to be evaluated, concernin...

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Main Author: Silvia Monroy-Álvarez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 2009-01-01
Series:Universitas Humanística
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Online Access:http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/univhumanistica/article/view/2142/1386