Instrumentalization of the image of the coca leaf in the tensions between the local government and the national government in the city of Pichari
The staging of coca leaf in public space and festivals in the city of Pichari allows us to approach the study of tensions between the local government and the central government in the heart of one of the main coca basins of Peru, the Valley of the Apurímac, Ene and Mantaro Rivers (VRAEM). Using foc...
| Autor Principal: | Vizcarra, Sofía |
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Revista de Ciencia Política y Gobierno
2017
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http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/cienciapolitica/article/view/19307 |
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The staging of coca leaf in public space and festivals in the city of Pichari allows us to approach the study of tensions between the local government and the central government in the heart of one of the main coca basins of Peru, the Valley of the Apurímac, Ene and Mantaro Rivers (VRAEM). Using focused ethnography, I argue that the staging of coca is not only a dispute for the definition of a city brand but also a dispute over the legitimacy of national drug policy. The mobilization of traditional and political meanings of coca leaf in the public space are resources of symbolic power for the local government in its opposition to eradication policies. I explore three aspects of this dispute: i) the meanings mobilized linked to the coca leaf; ii) it representations in the city and iii) the negotiations in daily life. Although this is not the only space of tension between the two levels of government, it is one of the few that has been institutionalized for more than a decade. |
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