El Alto, Rebel City : self and citizenship in Andean Bolivia / / Sian Lazar

• Autore: Lazar Sian
• Pubblicazione: Durham, : Duke University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (346 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.898/32408412
• Soggetto topico: Aymara Indians - Social conditions - Bolivia - El Alto; Aymara Indians - Politics and government - El Alto - Bolivia; State-local relations - Bolivia - El Alto; Regions & Countries - Americas; History & Archaeology; Latin America
• Altri autori: MignoloWalter D SilverblattIrene Saldívar-HullSonia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ONE EL ALTO THE CITY -- PART ONE -- TWO CONSTRUCTING THE ZONE -- THREE CITIZENS DESPITE THE STATE -- FOUR PLACE, MOVEMENT, AND RITUAL -- FIVE HOW THE GODS TOUCH HUMANS (AND VICE VERSA) -- PART TWO -- SIX COMPETITION, INDIVIDUALISM, AND COLLECTIVE ORGANIZATION -- SEVEN ''IN-BETWEENNESS'' AND POLITICAL AGENCY -- EIGHT THE STATE AND THE UNIONS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: El Alto, Rebel City
• ISBN: 0-8223-8876-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777704603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Latin America Otherwise