Roosters at midnight
Subtitle: indigenous signs and stigma in local Bolivian politics
By: Robert Albro
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: School for Advanced Research global indigenous politics series
Publisher: School for Advanced Research; School for Advanced Research Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Fe, N.M
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9781934691182
Subjects: Politics and government; Ethnic identity; Stigma (Social psychology); Local government; Government relations; Indians of South America; Ethnic relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-245) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: politics in a Ch'ajchu city; title: Llunk'erío: clientelism and the problem of stigma; title: Fictive feasting: the mixing and parsing of native sentiments; title: The Chola cult: the political imagination and cultural intimacy; title: Patrimonial pendejadas: self-prospecting and cultural estrangement; title: Recognition and realpolitik: spectacle, career, and factional genealogies; title: Conclusion: the humble politics of negative solidarity.