Oppressed no more?: Indigenous language regimentation in plurinational Bolivia

• Gustafson, Bret ^[1]
  1. [1] Washington University in St. Louis

     Washington University in St. Louis

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: International journal of the sociology of language, ISSN 0165-2516, Nº. 246, 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Indigenous Language Regimes in the Americas Issue Editor: Serafín M. Coronel-Molina), págs. 31-57
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Indigenous language regimentation in Bolivia is traced through historical legal documents and contemporary transformations. While state language policy is often fragmented and improvisational, non-state linguistic activist networks have taken an increasingly significant role in shaping state policy. Under the government of Evo Morales, explicit state measures to preserve and develop Indigenous languages are discussed as incipient shifts toward a more decolonizing mode of language regimentation. It remains to be seen whether the new state position will lay the groundwork for robust language revitalization at the level of Indigenous language communities.