New Languages of the State : Indigenous Resurgence and the Politics of Knowledge in Bolivia PDF
by Gustafson Bret Gustafson
Part of the Narrating Native Histories series
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Gustafson shows that bilingual education is an issue that extends far beyond the classroom. Public schools are at the center of a broader battle over territory, power, and knowledge as indigenous movements across Latin America actively defend their languages and knowledge systems. In attempting to decolonize nation-states, the indigenous movements are challenging deep-rooted colonial racism and neoliberal reforms intended to mold public education to serve the market. Meanwhile, market reformers nominally embrace cultural pluralism while implementing political and economic policies that exacerbate inequality. Juxtaposing Guarani life, language, and activism with intimate portraits of reform politics among academics, bureaucrats, and others in and beyond La Paz, Gustafson illuminates the issues, strategic dilemmas, and imperfect alliances behind bilingual intercultural education.
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- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:Duke University Press
- Publication Date:10/07/2009
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- ISBN:9780822391173
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:Duke University Press
- Publication Date:10/07/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780822391173