Resurgent Voices in Latin America: Indigenous Peoples, Political Mobilization, and Religious Change

by Edward L. Cleary

After more than 500 years of marginalization, Latin America's forty million Indians have recently made major strides in gaining political recognition and civil rights. In this book, social scientists explore the important role of religion in indigenous activism, showing the ways that religion has strengthened indigenous identity and contributed to the struggle for indigenous rights in the region.

Drawing on case studies from Bolivia, Peru,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813534615
• ISBN13: 9780813534619
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 9.3"