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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955065903321

Autore

Lazar Sian

Titolo

El Alto, rebel city : self and citizenship in Andean Bolivia / / Sian Lazar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008

ISBN

9780822388760

0822388766

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Collana

Latin America otherwise

Disciplina

305.898/32408412

Soggetti

Aymara Indians - Bolivia - El Alto - Social conditions

Aymara Indians - Bolivia - El Alto - Politics and government

State-local relations - Bolivia - El Alto

El Alto (Bolivia) Social conditions

El Alto (Bolivia) Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-309) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.