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

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El Alto, Rebel City combines ethnography and political theory to explore the astonishing political power exercised by the indigenous citizens of El Alto, Bolivia in the past decade.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lazar, Sian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Identiteit.
Burgerschap.
Protestbewegingen.
Aymara (volk)
State-local relations.
Social conditions.
Politics and government.
Aymara Indians > Social conditions.
Aymara Indians > Politics and government.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Relations États federes-municipalites > Bolivie > El Alto.
Aymara (Indiens) > Bolivie > El Alto > Conditions sociales.
State-local relations > Bolivia > El Alto.
Aymara Indians > Bolivia > El Alto > Politics and government.
Aymara Indians > Bolivia > El Alto > Social conditions.
Bolivia.
Bolivia > El Alto.
El Alto (Bolivia) > Politics and government.
El Alto (Bolivia) > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • El Alto the city
  • Constructing the zone
  • Citizens despite the state
  • Place, movement, and ritual
  • How the gods touch humans (and vice versa)
  • Competition, individualism, and collective organization
  • "In-betweenness" and political agency
  • The state and the unions.

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