Sian Lazar: 2 books

Book cover of El Alto, Rebel City

El Alto, Rebel City

Self and Citizenship in Andean Bolivia

by Sian Lazar, Walter D. Mignolo, Irene Silverblatt
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2008

Combining anthropological methods and theories with political philosophy, Sian Lazar analyzes everyday practices and experiences of citizenship in a satellite city to the Bolivian capital of La Paz: El Alto, where more than three-quarters of the population identify as indigenous Aymara. For several...
Book cover of The Social Life of Politics

The Social Life of Politics

Ethics, Kinship, and Union Activism in Argentina

by Sian Lazar
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017

A central motor of Argentine historical and political development since the early twentieth century, unions have been the site of active citizenship in both political participation and the distribution of social, economic, political, and cultural rights. What brings activists to Argentine unions and...
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