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Indigeneity and Decolonization in the Bolivian Andes: Ritual Practice and Activism
Author: Anders Burman
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Indigeneity and Decolonization in the Bolivian Andes Ritual Practice and Activism explores how Evo Moraless 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 presidents 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. **
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Indigeneity and Decolonization in the Bolivian Andes Ritual Practice and Activism explores how Evo Moraless 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 presidents 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. **
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