INDIGENOUS WOMENS IDENTITIES AND THE POLITICS OF CULTURAL REPRODUCTION IN THE ECUADORIAN AMAZON

This essay explores the current problems of cultural reproduction and identity politics in the Ecuadorian Amazon through the personal memory narratives of a group of elder indigenous women facing difficulties w ith their granddaughters. It argues that women's histories and their c onceptions of self are inscribed in their experiences in a self-define d ''domestic space.'' This intracultural struggle provides a better un derstanding of the scripts of cultural reproduction being played, larg ely by men, in other scenarios.