The Politics of Commiseration: On the Communicative Labors of “Co‐Mothering” in El Alto

Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 171 - 189
Published: Aug 1, 2017
Abstract
In El Alto, Bolivia, the communicative and affective capacities of local neighborhood women are often valorized as strategic sites for circulating governmental discourses across ethnolinguistic boundaries. Nowhere is this more evident than in the domain of public health. As this article explores, municipal health projects in El Alto increasingly cast neighborhood women in para-governmental roles, hoping to tap into the networks of...
Paper Details
Title
The Politics of Commiseration: On the Communicative Labors of “Co‐Mothering” in El Alto
Published Date
Aug 1, 2017
Volume
27
Issue
2
Pages
171 - 189
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