Indigenous peoples in Lima: the city as a maloca

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/lengsoc.v13i1.22625

Keywords:

Indigenous groups in Lima, migration, deindianization

Abstract

An account is made of the indigenous presence in the city of Lima, pointing out those who in some way assume their ethnic particularity in the context of the city. It is shown that Lima is an ethnically diverse city, as it is home to Aymara, Quechua, inhabitants of various Amazonian ethnic groups, and several groups of non-American descent that develop some level of community life that is evidenced in various ways. The data show the presence of Ashaninka (in Huaycán), Shipibo (in Cantagallo), Awajún people (in Ventanilla) and Matsiguenga (in Puente Piedra) who live more or less grouped together, to some extent as urban indigenous communities. It is noted that the city is a "melting pot" of the indigenous to generate non-indigenous, that is, Creole citizens or those assimilated to the greater western cultural society. How far is each one of them moving away from their indianity?

Author Biography

  • Gustavo Solís Fonseca, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Peru

    Correo: gus_solis@yahoo.com

    Lingüista, se graduó de bachiller en la UNMSM (1973) y obtuvo su doctorado en 1976. En 1979 fue becado por la Fundación Ford para estudiar en la Universidad del Estado de Nueva York en Buffalo, donde obtuvo su maestría. ha sido director del CILA por varios periodos consecutivos. Su trabajo se orienta fundamentalmente a la investigación de las lenguas amerindias, así como a su aplicación en la educación de dichos pueblos. Entre sus publicaciones podemos mencionar: La gente pasa, los nombres quedan: introducción en la toponimia (1997), Introducción a la Fonología (2000), Introducción a la Morfología (2000) Lenguas en la Amazonía peruana (2003) y Cuestiones de Lingüística Amerindia (2003).

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Published

2013-11-18

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2013)

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Articles originals

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Solís Fonseca, G. (2013). Indigenous peoples in Lima: the city as a maloca. Lengua Y Sociedad, 13(1), 55-69. https://doi.org/10.15381/lengsoc.v13i1.22625