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BUECHLER, HANS C.; BUECHLER, JUDITH-MARIA. The World Of Sofia Velasquez: The Autobiography Of A Bolivian Vendor.
Columbia University Press, New York : 1996. 0231104677 / 9780231104678 s Softcover. Very good condition.
Captivating oral history of a second-generation, urban-born woman who struggles to survive in the Andean city of La Paz, Bolivia. Hans Buechler and Judith-Maria Buechler conducted a long series of interviews with Sofia, tracing her life from childhood into middle age. Sofia's words provide a vivid portrait of her shifting social position shaped by an urban childhood, her family's migration back to her mother's rural community of origin, and her own return to the city as an adult. An eloquent piece of reflexive anthropology extending over years of tumultuous Bolivian his-' ,-tory, THE WORLD OF SOFIA VELASQUEZ gives its subject a unique opportunity to speak for her-" self, offer her own commentary on the events around her, and frame this poignant ethnography. Sofia's story aptly demonstrates how identity can be constructed and reconstructed in a variety of situations and how symbols of gender, class, and ethnicity can be manipulated to navigate the web of social relations in rural and urban Bolivian society. Interviews illustrate the trying life of a single mother, the protracted period of companionship and caregiving to an aging mother, the trials and triumphs of market trading and leadership, and the use of magical interventions and clairvoyant dreaming as instruments of control and empowerment. Commentary within the text situates the authors with reference to Sofia's narrative and locates her story within the turbulent modern era of Bolivian history, a period which has seen the social revolution of 1952-53, the temporary resurgence of military dictatorships, a debt crisis that plunged the nation into one of the deepest recessions in its history, and an economic recovery which has yet to benefit the poor.
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