Back to Search Start Over

Indigeneity and Decolonization in the Bolivian Andes : Ritual Practice and Activism

Authors :
Anders Burman
Anders Burman
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

Indigeneity and Decolonization in the Bolivian Andes: Ritual Practice and Activism explores how Evo Morales's victory in the 2005 Bolivian presidential elections led to indigeneity as the core of decolonization politics. Anders Burman analyzes how indigenous Aymara ritual specialists are essential in representing this indigeneity in official state ceremony and in legitimizing the president's role as “the indigenous president.” This book goes behind the scenes of state-sponsored multiculturalist ritual practices and explores the political, spiritual and existential dimensions underpinning them.

Details

Language :
English
ISBNs :
9781498538480, 9781498538503, and 9781498538497
Database :
eBook Index
Journal :
Indigeneity and Decolonization in the Bolivian Andes : Ritual Practice and Activism
Publication Type :
eBook
Accession number :
1451360