In Bolivia's plurinational conjuncture, novel political articulations, legal reform, and processes of collective identification converge in unprecedented efforts to 're-found' the country and transform its society. This ethnography explores the experiences of Afrodescendants in plurinational Bolivia and offers a fresh perspective on the social and political transformations shaping the country as a whole. Moritz Heck analyzes Afrobolivian social and cultural practices at the intersections of local communities, politics, and the law, shedding light on novel articulations of Afrobolivianity and evolving processes of collective identification. This study also contributes to broader anthropological debates on blackness and indigeneity in Latin America by pointing out their conceptual entanglements and continuous interactions in political and social practice.
Price: $70.00
Pages: 326
Publisher: transcript publishing
Imprint: transcript publishing
Publication Date:
15 June 2020
Trim Size: 8.86 X 5.83 in
ISBN: 9783837650563
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, LAW / General
»Moritz Heck excellently describes the status of the relevant academic discussion and current political developments in his study of Afrobolivians.«
Moritz Heck studied Social and Cultural Anthropology and Spanish at the University of Freiburg, Germany. He obtained his PhD at the University of Cologne as a member of the interdisciplinary a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities. His research interests include Afrodescendants in Latin America, indigeneity, race and ethnicity, as well as identity politics and social movements.
Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
List of Figures 11
List of Acronyms 13
Glossary of Spanish and Aymara Terms 15
Acknowledgements 17
Introduction 19
Chapter 1: Encountering Afrobolivianity 43
Chapter 2: The Afrobolivian Presence in Bolivia, Then and Now 61
Chapter 3: "We are los Afros de Cala Cala" 81
Chapter 4: Cala Cala beyond "lo Afro" 107
Chapter 5: The Changing Meanings of Ethnoracial Identifications in Cala Cala 131
Chapter 6: What It Means to Be Afro 153
Chapter 7: "We are Culture, not Color" 183
Chapter 8: "El Movimiento Afroboliviano" 215
Chapter 9: Rights, Recognition, and New Forms of Organization 245
Chapter 10: Plurinational Afrobolivianity on the Ground and Built Identity Politics 273
Conclusion: "Eso de lo Afro, es un caminar" 295
Bibliography 301
Newspaper articles 321
Laws and documents 323
