McNelly, Angus ORCID: 0000-0002-2779-1581 (2021) Baroque modernity in Latin America: situating indigeneity, urban indigeneity and the popular economy. Bulletin of Latin American Research, 41 (1). pp. 6-20. ISSN 0261-3050 (Print), 1470-9856 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.13208)

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Abstract

This article uses the Bolivian city of El Alto as a lens through which to evaluate the place of urban indigeneity and the popular economy within Latin American modernity. Whilst some express worries over the erosion of indigenous ways of life and others see urban indigenous practices as defying capitalist modernity, I argue that these emergent forms of indigeneity need to be understood as part of the complex, particular historical articulation of modernity in Latin America. Here, colonialism and uneven capitalist development have imbued modernity with a baroque character, containing multiple temporalities and contradictory societal forms, including that of urban indigeneity.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	baroque modernity; El Alto; Latin America; popular economy; urban indigeneity
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BH Aesthetics H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > Centre for Applied Sociology Research (CASR) Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > School of Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS)
Last Modified:	22 Aug 2022 16:24
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/35944

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