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Being "an authentic alteño" : young people in a Bolivian Andean city.

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Nuova numerazione 73707
Collocazione UPS BIBL CENTR 39-C-632
Vecchia numerazione 399456
Autore CALESTANI, M.
Titolo Being "an authentic alteño" : young people in a Bolivian Andean city. Parte componente di periodico
Descrizione fisica pp. 541-555
Nota generale Estratto da: Journal of Youth Studies 2012, 15, 4
Riassunto What does it mean to be young in El Alto, a Bolivian shantytown? Based on ethnographic research, this article looks at cultural resilience among young people in a vulnerable urban context. It emphasises how young people value informal youth groups as a tool to valorise their own indigenous culture. This is echoed in the world of adults, implying that the collective is a value shared by all. By giving an insight into everyday life in El Alto, the article aims to shed light on issues of identity among second generation migrants, looking at the experiences of rural-urban migrants' children within Bolivia. The article begins by setting the scene and providing information on young people in El Alto. Later, the article focuses on one of the informal youth groups in the city, looking at the importance of dancing and music for their collective identity. This article is about youth and how they negotiate their rural-urban identity as children of rural-urban indigenous migrants. As my young informants often say, the model offered by their parents is described as "good" and "morally rich", while the one offered by the city is "bad" and "amoral". However, there is a tension. If they decide to follow the model of their parents, they will be excluded and discriminated against in the national context. By exploring the political-economic contexts in which youth are growing up in El Alto, the article sheds light on the long-term effects of migration, indigenous and urban identities and cultural resilience in an Andean indigenous city.
Tipo di documento RICERCA.
Soggetto APPARTENENZA ETNICA.
DIFFERENZA CULTURALE.
RESILIENZA.
BOLIVIA.
GRUPPI.
APPARTENENZA CULTURALE.
MIGRAZIONE.
Psicologico
Titolo correlato Journal of Youth Studies 2012, 15, 4.
Accesso online http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=4E1ABC51426AD8CC0C3F
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