What undecidability does

Enduring racism in the context of indigenous resurgence in Bolivia

Bibliographic Data

ID2148114
AuthorsTathagatan Ravindran (0000-0003-2479-4776, Icesi University, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume43
Issue6
Pages976-994
Publication date2020-05-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2019.1628997
OpenAlexW2954715998
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited22

This article deals with the continuities and changes in the racial dynamics of Andean Bolivia in the context of dramatic transformations the country has witnessed since the beginning of this century. It departs from the idea that Andean racial formations are characterized by a constant alternation between multiple classificatory logics, which introduces ambiguity and undecidability in racial discourses. It argues that it is this undecidability of the racial that maintains racial hegemony. The article then goes on to analyze the implications of the process of indigenous resurgence Andean Bolivia witnessed in the twenty first century for durable structures of racial privilege and racialized everyday social relations. It reveals that though this process posed a frontal challenge to white-mestizo racial hegemony, the undecidable character of the racial contributes to a perpetuation of subtle forms of internalized racism and enduring structural racism

Anti-racism · Context (archaeology · Hegemony · Indigenous · Political science · Politics · Privilege (computing · Racism · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Gender Studies · History · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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