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UNINA9910955065903321 |
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Autore |
Lazar Sian |
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Titolo |
El Alto, rebel city : self and citizenship in Andean Bolivia / / Sian Lazar |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (346 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-309) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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