Bolivia: The Strange And The Native: Ritual And Activism In The Aymara Quest For Decolonization

Bolivia: The Strange And The Native: Ritual And Activism In The Aymara Quest For Decolonization Anders Burman, 2010   The notion of spirit loss is widespread throughout the Bolivian Andes. Because of fright, a person loses her spirit whereupon another “strange” spirit may take its place and cause illness. In one and the same ailment, then, we find notions of “loss” and “imposition.” In the context of “emergent indigeneities,” colonialism too is frequently visualized and expressed in terms...

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