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Chachawarmi : Rhetorics and Lived Realities
Author(s) -
MACLEAN KATE
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/blar.12071
Subject(s) - neoliberalism (international relations) , ideology , gender studies , indigenous , sociology , power (physics) , decolonization , latin americans , political science , political economy , politics , law , ecology , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
Latin A merica's turn away from neoliberalism and adoption of decolonising alternatives to development has been spearheaded—nowhere more so than B olivia—by indigenous movements. The gender ideology of chachawarmi is part of this decolonisation programme, but has been criticised for disguising gendered exploitation. These tensions are explored by looking at, in E scobar's words, ‘the concrete struggles within particular communities’. Based on long‐term research in rural B olivia, this article situates the chachawarmi ideal in the multiple influences on the recreation of gender identities, and considers the complex ways in which chachawarmi as mobilised politically may influence gendered power.