Abstract

LOVON CUEVA, Marco Antonio. THE AMAZONIAN “CITIZEN” IN THE OFFICIAL POLITICAL DISCOURSE. Linguist.lit. [online]. 2019, n.75, pp.38-61. ISSN 0120-5587.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.lyl.n75a02.

The exploitation of the Amazon is based on civilization and colonization discourses. For this, the racist ideological apparatus constructs a negative image of the Amazonian aborigines. In this paper, the speech of the former President Alan García is studied as an example of antiamazonic political discourses. It showed that his discourse is related to two discriminatory beliefs: 1) Between two classes of citizens, the Amazonians are second-class citizens, and 2) Economic growth is hindered by primitive groups such as the Amazonian. Therefore, from the Critical Discourse Analysis, the lexical and discursive strategies are examined. Finally, it is concluded that his speech is a manifestation of a social practice that reproduces discrimination in the country.

Keywords : Amazon; Discourse; Social Practice; Extractivism; Citizen.

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