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The loss of a spirit: Metaphor and practice in Aymara decolonization

Burman, Anders LU (2009)
Abstract
This paper explores the bearing had by Aymara notions of spirit loss on contemporary indigenous discourses of colonialism and decolonization and discusses the dynamics of cross-fertilization between “traditional” curing practices and cosmology on the one hand and indigenous ethnopolitical activism and discourse on the other.
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publication status
published
subject
keywords
Indigenous activism, colonialism, decolonization, spirit loss, curing practices, cosmology, Aymara, Bolivia, the Andes
host publication
Indigeneity: Culture and Representation
editor
Devy, G. N. ; Davis, Geoffrey V. and Chakravarty, Kalyan Kumar
publisher
Orient Blackswan
ISBN
9788125036647
8125036644
language
English
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no
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5251f60f-b6fd-40ed-a6ef-0ed3ad5aadce (old id 2430795)
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2016-04-04 12:00:29
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2018-11-21 21:08:29
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  abstract     = {{This paper explores the bearing had by Aymara notions of spirit loss on contemporary indigenous discourses of colonialism and decolonization and discusses the dynamics of cross-fertilization between “traditional” curing practices and cosmology on the one hand and indigenous ethnopolitical activism and discourse on the other.}},
  author       = {{Burman, Anders}},
  booktitle    = {{Indigeneity: Culture and Representation}},
  editor       = {{Devy, G. N. and Davis, Geoffrey V. and Chakravarty, Kalyan Kumar}},
  isbn         = {{9788125036647}},
  keywords     = {{Indigenous activism; colonialism; decolonization; spirit loss; curing practices; cosmology; Aymara; Bolivia; the Andes}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Orient Blackswan}},
  title        = {{The loss of a spirit: Metaphor and practice in Aymara decolonization}},
  year         = {{2009}},
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