Salamanca and the city: culture credits, nature credits, and the modern moral economy of indigenous Bolivia

Lowrey, Kathleen B.

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Salamanca and the city: culture credits, nature credits, and the modern moral economy of indigenous Bolivia

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (N.S.) • 12 • Published In 2006 • Pages: 275-292

By: Lowrey, Kathleen B..

Abstract
This is a study of magical stories told by rural Isoseño that the author argues are truthful accounts of experiences in a region that has become a center of oil production and nature conservation. Urbanized elites have profited from managing global credits for conservation work, while rural workers in the oil fields struggle to maintain a comparable lifestyle on meager wages, many going into debt.

Urban and rural life

Borrowing and lending

Foreign exchange

Verbal arts

Accumulation of wealth

Manipulative mobility

External relations

Political parties

Sorcery

Shamans and psychotherapists

Revelation and divination

Chiriguano