293FURTHER READING
The following books and articles are available in English, and
are deemed as most entertaining (although not necessarily
happy) reading, so that one can get a feel for the people,
culture and history of this dramatic country. With Bolivia in
a state of change, this bibliography also includes authors
to look for right now, via word search, periodicals
or bookshops.
ROOTS
This list offers a quick foundation for basic but no less exciting
knowledge in history and culture.
Rebellion in the Veins: Political Struggle in Bolivia, 1952–1982
James C Dunkerley. London, UK: Verso, 1984.
By British historian and Latin American expert James
C Dunkerley. Well written, critical, with a wily sense of
humour, this book has been translated into Spanish.
Let Me Speak! / Si Me Permiten Hablar... Domitila Barrios de
Chungara. New York, NY: Monthly Review Press, 1978.
This is a chronicle of the strength, endurance and
generosity of the human spirit. Set in Bolivian mining
communities during times of social upheaval, it is written
by Domitila Barrios de Chungara, the wife of a miner.
Domitila participated in the United Nations’s International
Women’s Year Tribunal in 1975.
‘Kallawaya: the Nomadic Medicine Men of Bolivia’. Perspectives
in Health Magazine. Debbie K Becht. PanAmerican Health
Organization: Vol 3, Number 1, 1998.
You can find this one on the web.
I Am Rich Potosí: The Mountain that Eats Men. Stephen Ferry
with Eduardo Galeano and Marguerite Holloway. New York,
NY: The Monacelli Press, 1999.
Deep and lyrical images of the mining life.