21st-Century Chronicles and Contemporary Collectives from El Alto, Bolivia.
In this essay, I make three contributions to the understanding of the contemporary collective as it emerges in and around contemporary El Alto, Bolivia. First, I introduce El Alto and its history through the analysis of a painting from 1888 to explore foundational epistemological and political tensi...
| Published in: | Hispanic Review Vol. 94; no. 1; pp. 181 - 198 |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
Winter2026
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