![]() ![]() He criticizes the fact that today’s indigenous peoples are considered “Incas,” since they are in fact mestizo peoples that have renewed their original customs with later traditions to give rise to a diverse consciousness. García asserts that there can be no originality in imitation and, hence, he proposes that Indianity emerge in another language, one in keeping with the times. ![]() García criticizes any stance that implies a return to the Inca period despite four centuries of Western influence that has oppressed, but also shaped, us. what lived on was Indianity.” “The Incan,” then, is a concrete form that Indianity took on, whereas “the Indian” is a possibility or potential. ![]() In this fourth chapter of his book El Nuevo indio, José Uriel García defines the concepts of “Incanity” and “Indianity.” With the advent of the Spanish, the author explains, “the history of the Incas came to an end, and with it Inca life. ![]()
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