Earth Politics : Religion, Decolonization, and Bolivia's Indigenous Intellectuals /

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Earth Politics focuses on the lives of four indigenous activist-intellectuals in Bolivia, key leaders in the Alcaldes Mayores Particulares (AMP), a movement established to claim rights for indigenous education and reclaim indigenous lands from hacienda owners. The AMP leaders invented a discourse of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ari Chachaki, Waskar (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Alcaldes Mayores Particulares (Bolivia)
Race relations.
Nationalism.
Indians of South America > Politics and government.
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
Nationalisme > Bolivie > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Nationalism > Bolivia > History > 20th century.
Indians of South America > Bolivia > Politics and government.
Bolivia.
Bolivia > Race relations > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Earth Politics focuses on the lives of four indigenous activist-intellectuals in Bolivia, key leaders in the Alcaldes Mayores Particulares (AMP), a movement established to claim rights for indigenous education and reclaim indigenous lands from hacienda owners. The AMP leaders invented a discourse of decolonization, rooted in part in native religion, and used it to counter structures of internal colonialism, including the existing racial systems. Waskar Ari calls their social movement, practices, and discourse ""Earth Politics, "" both because of the political meaning that the
Physical Description:1 online resource (289 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780822376958

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