Being "An Authentic Alteno": Young People in a Bolivian Andean City

Autor/in	Calestani, Melania
Titel	Being "An Authentic Alteno": Young People in a Bolivian Andean City
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth Studies, 15 (2012) 4, S.541-555 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1367-6261
DOI	10.1080/13676261.2012.663888
Schlagwörter	Ethnography; Young Adults; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Migrants; Slums; Resilience (Psychology); Urban Youth; American Indians; Self Concept; Dance; Music; Cultural Activities; American Indian Culture; Models; Parent Child Relationship; Moral Values; Social Discrimination; Bolivia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnografie; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Migrantin; Slum; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; American Indian; Indianer; Selbstkonzept; Tanz; Musik; Cultural activity; Kulturelle Aktivität; Analogiemodell; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Bolivien
Abstract	What does it mean to be young in El Alto, a Bolivian shantytown? Based on ethnographic research, this article looks at cultural resilience among young people in a vulnerable urban context. It emphasises how young people value informal youth groups as a tool to valorise their own indigenous culture. This is echoed in the world of adults, implying that the collective is a value shared by all. By giving an insight into everyday life in El Alto, the article aims to shed light on issues of identity among second generation migrants, looking at the experiences of rural-urban migrants' children within Bolivia. The article begins by setting the scene and providing information on young people in El Alto. Later, the article focuses on one of the informal youth groups in the city, looking at the importance of dancing and music for their collective identity. This article is about youth and how they negotiate their rural-urban identity as children of rural-urban indigenous migrants. As my young informants often say, the model offered by their parents is described as "good" and "morally rich", while the one offered by the city is "bad" and "amoral". However, there is a tension. If they decide to follow the model of their parents, they will be excluded and discriminated against in the national context. By exploring the political-economic contexts in which youth are growing up in El Alto, the article sheds light on the long-term effects of migration, indigenous and urban identities and cultural resilience in an Andean indigenous city. (Contains 5 notes.) (As Provided).
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