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

Burman

ISBN 10: 1498538509 / ISBN 13: 9781498538503

Published by Lexington Books, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Indigeneity and Decolonization in the Bolivian Andes: Ritual Practice and Activism
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1498538509
• ISBN 13: 9781498538503
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Anders Burman is associate professor at the Human Ecology Division at Lund University.