Date of Award
8-12-2016
Degree Type
Closed Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
First Advisor
Susan Talburt
Second Advisor
Amira Jarmakani
Third Advisor
Julie Kubala
Abstract
This thesis explores Bolivia’s state project of alternative modernization and, specifically, its instrumentalization of indigenous identity for political gain and capitalist growth. I examine both rural development in the TIPNIS reserve and urban development in the city of El Alto in order to analyze how state and capital interests target the affective life of residents; redirecting the energies of radical movements into projects of market expansion and hailing indigenous entrepreneurial subjects.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/8684068
Recommended Citation
Frisch, Nathan E., "Alternative Modernization, Indigeneity, and Affective Capture in Contemporary Bolivia." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2016.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/8684068