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... This chapter examines Llamojha’s emergence as an activist, exploring why he dedicated his life to a struggle for social justice and showing how his dreams and ambitions transgressed the boundaries of the expected life course of an indigenous peasant. The chapter explains how he learned to read...

... The afterword reflects on the accomplishments, frustrations, and disappointments of twentieth-century political activism. It also discusses the particular challenges Llamojha faces as an elderly activist. He became an activist in Latin America's “century of revolution,” when fundamental social...

... observer and active participant of contemporary Latino cultural politics. This chapter contends that Diaz has thus crafted a praxis-oriented and antidiscursive Latino/a political project, a project that puts him in conversation with ethnic studies scholars, activists, and grassroots cultural workers...