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

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

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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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author:	Lazar, Sian (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Durham : Duke University Press, 2008
Series:	Latin America otherwise.
Subjects:	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.
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central

Table of Contents:

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.