New Languages of the State: Indigenous Resurgence and the Politics of Knowledge in Bolivia

by Bret Gustafson

Book Overview

During the mid-1990s, a bilingual intercultural education initiative was launched to promote the introduction of indigenous languages alongside Spanish in public elementary schools in Bolivia's indigenous regions. Bret Gustafson spent fourteen years studying and working in southeastern Bolivia with the Guarani, who were at the vanguard of the movement for bilingual education. Drawing on his collaborative work with indigenous organizations and bilingual-education...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822345463
• ISBN13: 9780822345466
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"