New languages of the state : indigenous resurgence and the politics of knowledge in Bolivia / Bret Gustafson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gustafson, Bret Darin, 1968-

Series:

Narrating native histories.

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Narrating native histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Bilingual--Bolivia.

Education, Bilingual.

Indigenous peoples--Education--Bolivia.

Indigenous peoples.

Guarani Indians--Education--Bolivia.

Guarani Indians.

Education--Social aspects--Bolivia.

Education.

Ethnology--Bolivia.

Ethnology.

Indigenous peoples--Bolivia--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Analyzes bilingual intercultural education in Bolivia to show how indigenous-backed proposals to reform the all-Spanish education system to include indigenous languages and knowledges challenged neoliberal models of education and became part of the transf

Contents:

Ethnographic articulations in an age of Pachakuti

Soldiers, priests, and schools : state building in the Andes and the Guarani frontier

Interlude : to Camiri

Guarani scribes : bilingual education as indigenous resurgence

Interlude : to Itavera

Guarani Katui : schooling, knowledge, and movement in Itavera

Interlude : to la Paz, via Thailand

Network articulations : EIB from project to policy

Interlude : Bolivia or Yugoslavia?

Prodding nerves : intercultural disruption and managerial control

Interlude : la Indiada, como para dar miedo

Insurgent citizenship : interculturalism beyond the school

Interlude : interculturalism to decolonization

Shifting states.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613035967

9781283035965

1283035960

9780822391173

0822391171

OCLC:

1139368812