02860nam 2200361 450 991077482360332120230329103905.0(CKB)4920000001372928(NjHacI)994920000001372928(EXLCZ)99492000000137292820230329d2022 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPeasant Wars in Bolivia Making, Thinking, and Living the Revolution in Cochabamba, 1952-64 /José M. GordilloCalgary, Alberta :University of Calgary Press,2022.1 online resource (338 pages)1-77385-398-8 Cochabamba: Bolivia's Breadbasket Peasant Struggles for Unionization and Land (1952-53) The Agrarian Reform and the State's Discursive Dominion (1954-58) Peasant Wars and Political Autonomy (1959-64) Living the Revolution and Crafting New Identities."Peasant Wars in Bolivia reveals the active political role played by the Cochabamba valley peasants during the 1952-64 revolutionary period in Bolivia from a non-state perspective. Based on contemporary research in social, political, and cultural issues in Latin America it blends sociological and anthropological methods to go beyond recognized contexts of central power and emphasize the revolutionary experience of the peasants themselves. Drawing on archival research, newspapers, interviews, and a wealth of secondary sources, the book argues that that the Cochabamba valley mestizo population of rural workers forged their own collective "campesino" identity alongside their revolutionary struggles against regional elites and the state. This newly created identity allowed the campesinos entry into the Bolivian national political arena as dynamic actors, transformed their subjectivities, and changed the existing political culture of Bolivia. It goes on to analyzes the historical status of the revolution and the role of the mestizo peasantry within it in the context of academic and political debates of the first two decades of the twenty-first century. Crossing established borders between history, anthropology, and sociology, Peasant Wars in Bolivia is a fascinating, interdisciplinary exploration of the revolutionary campesinos of the Cochabamba, of Bolivia's nationalist revolution, and of the ways it has been interpreted and understood within Bolivian politics and culture."-- Provided by publisher.Peasant Wars in Bolivia PeasantsSocial conditionsPeasantsSocial conditions.390.463109489Gordillo José M.1461137NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910774823603321Peasant Wars in Bolivia3663897UNINA