%0 Journal Article
%T Meta-estereotipos sobre los ind¨ªgenas mapuches de Chile
%A Saiz
%A Jos¨¦ L.
%A Merino
%A Mar¨ªa Eugenia
%A Quilaqueo
%A Daniel
%J Interdisciplinaria
%D 2009
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X extensive evidence shows that members of the mainstream (non indigenous) chilean society ascribe stereotypes to the mapuche indigenous mainly through negative trait attributions (e.g., merino, millam¨¢n, quilaqueo & pilleux, 2004, among others). additional research (e.g., quilaqueo, 2005) indicates that mapuches are conscious about being stereotyped, suggesting that this indigenous group may hold meta-stereotypes. according to vorauer, main, and o'connell (1998), meta-stereotypes refer to those beliefs that members of an in-group hold about the stereotypes that members of an out-group assign to them. some authors have suggested or demonstrated that meta-stereotypes influence in-group affective reactions (finchilescu, 2005) and prejudice toward out-groups (vorauer et al., 1998), in-group self-definition (klein & assi, 2001), and stereotypes that in-group ascribes to out-groups (finchilescu, 2005). providing that research in this topic and within this intergroup context is almost nonexistent, the aim of the present study was to examine mapuches' meta-stereotypes considering this native group as in-group and chilean non indigenous as outgroup. five aspects of meta-stereotypes were studied: content (attributes), labels (in-group names), accuracy (congruence with stereotypes), uniformity (agreement among in-group members), and structure (attribute configuration). a purposive sample of 39 mapuche adults from the city of temuco ( chile), answered a semi-structured survey designed to inquire into interaction experiences with members of the mainstream society. sample selection criteria were: self-identification as mapuche, having at least one mapuche family name, being 18-year-olds or more, and having resided in temuco for more than five years. the city of temuco is located in the region that holds the largest mapuche community in chile (almost 24% of the regional population). a content analysis of the surveys revealed that mapuches perceive 10 meta-stereotypic attributes, al
%K meta-stereotypes
%K indigenous
%K mapuches
%K chile.
%U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1668-70272009000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en