Beyond Indigeneity: Coca Growing and the Emergence of a New Middle Class in Bolivia PDF
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Beyond IndIgeneIty aLeSSandra PeLLegrInI CaLderÓn BeYOND iNDigeNeiT Y Coca Growing and the Emergence of a New Middle Class in Bolivia TUCSON The University of Arizona Press www.uapress.arizona.edu © 2016 The Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserved. Published 2016 Printed in the United States of America 21 20 19 18 17 16 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-3310-7 (cloth) Cover design by Leigh McDonald Cover photo by Alessandra Pellegrini Calderón This work was accepted as a PhD thesis by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Zurich in the autumn term 2013 on the recommendation of the Doctoral Committee: Prof. Peter Finke (main supervisor), Prof. Willemijn de Jong, and Prof. Andrew Canessa. Publication of this book is made possible in part by the proceeds of a permanent endowment created with the assistance of a Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Calderón, Alessandra Pellegrini, author. Title: Beyond indigeneity : coca growing and the emergence of a new middle class in Bolivia / Alessandra Pellegrini Calderón. Description: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016008675 | ISBN 9780816533107 (cloth : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Coca industry—Social aspects—Bolivia—Yungas. | Social mobility—Bolivia—Yungas. | Middle class—Bolivia—Yungas. | Indigenous peoples—Economic conditions. | Indigenous peoples—Bolivia—Yungas. Classification: LCC HD9019.C632 B64173 2016 | DDC 308.898/085—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016008675 This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48–1992 (Permanence of Paper). To my parents, Antonio and Maja Pellegrini, who enabled me to follow my interests and my fascinations To my husband, Yussif Calderón, whose dream was always to write a book x ContentS List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi A Note on Names xv Introduction 3 1 Histories of Migration and Struggle 30 2 People and Coca Fields 53 3 Supplying Coca for a nation 85 4 What Has a Long History Is the Land 107 5 Indigenous Morality and the Immoral economy 130 Conclusion 149 Abbreviations 165 Notes 167 Glossary 173 References 177 Index 197 ILLuStratIonS Figures 1. Old and new houses 18 2. Landscape in the Yungas 22 3. View of Piñapata 33 4. Road passing through Piñapata 34 5. Tent with iron sheeting in the coca field 56 6. Harvesting wachu 59 7. Coca fields growing in age and extent 64 8. A newly terraced coca field 76 9. Preparing a taki for taking to La Paz 92 Map 1. The three coca-growing regions in Bolivia 11
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