Rhythms of the Pachakuti: Indigenous Uprising and State Power in Bolivia

by Raquel Gutiérrez Aguilar

Book Overview

In the indigenous Andean language of Aymara, pachakuti refers to the subversion and transformation of social relations. Between 2000 and 2005, Bolivia was radically transformed by a series of popular indigenous uprisings against the country's neoliberal and antidemocratic policies. In Rhythms of the Pachakuti, Raquel Guti rrez Aguilar documents these mass collective actions, tracing the internal dynamics of such disruptions to consider...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082235604X
• ISBN13: 9780822356042
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"