Contested Community - Indigenous Land Rights and Identity Politics in Eastern Bolivia

Veronika Groke interrogates the concept of the comunidad indígena (indigenous community) and the role it plays within contemporary Bolivian discourse by examining its relation to the history and social life of a Guaraní community in Bolivia.

List of contents

Part I: The Comunidad in History - History in the Comunidad
Chapter 1. Cañón de Segura and Its Histories
Chapter 2. 'Tenemos Nuestra Historia': A Case of History Objectified
Part II: 'This Is a Free Community': Comunarios' Ideas about 'Comunidad'
Chapter 3. Tranquility Beats Reciprocity? Of Shifting Meanings and Enduring Significance
Chapter 4. The Emergent Community
Part III: Multiple Perspectives: Negotiating Different Meanings of 'Comunidad'
Chapter 5. (N)GOs and the Economy of Proyectos
Chapter 6. Beautiful Culture, 'Shitty Indians': The Comunidades in Karai and Guaraní Identity Politics
Chapter 7. Changing Alliances: The Elusive Position of Guaraní Comunidades in Local and Regional Politics

About the author

By Veronika Groke

Summary

Veronika Groke interrogates the concept of the comunidad indígena (indigenous community) and the role it plays within contemporary Bolivian discourse by examining its relation to the history and social life of a Guaraní community in Bolivia.

Product details

• Authors: Veronika Groke
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781793613738
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-373-8
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Indigenous Peoples, Social and cultural anthropology, Bolivia, History of the Americas, Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity