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El Alto, Rebel City : Self and Citizenship in Andean Bolivia /

Combining anthropological methods and theories with political philosophy, Sian Lazar analyzes everyday practices and experiences of citizenship in a satellite city to the Bolivian capital of La Paz: El Alto, where more than three-quarters of the population identify as indigenous Aymara. For several...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lazar, Sian (Autor)
Otros Autores: Mignolo, Walter D. (Editor ), Saldívar-Hull, Sonia (Editor ), Silverblatt, Irene (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, [2008]
Colección:Latin America otherwise : languages, empires, nations : 46
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • ONE EL ALTO THE CITY
  • PART ONE
  • TWO CONSTRUCTING THE ZONE
  • THREE CITIZENS DESPITE THE STATE
  • FOUR PLACE, MOVEMENT, AND RITUAL
  • FIVE HOW THE GODS TOUCH HUMANS (AND VICE VERSA)
  • PART TWO
  • SIX COMPETITION, INDIVIDUALISM, AND COLLECTIVE ORGANIZATION
  • SEVEN ''IN-BETWEENNESS'' AND POLITICAL AGENCY
  • EIGHT THE STATE AND THE UNIONS
  • CONCLUSION
  • NOTES
  • GLOSSARY
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX