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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lazar, Sian
Format: Book
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.
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.