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The theme of the Spring 2017 issue of\u00a0ReVista, the Harvard Review of Latin America<\/em>, is Beauty<\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0The entire issue is a great read, but I was most taken with the photo essay by Delphine Blast, “Cholitas: Revenge of a Generation.” \u00a0Cholitas are indigenous Aymara women, known for their dress including the bowler hat, pollera<\/em> (skirt), shawl and braids. \u00a0Historically Cholita was a term used perjoratively about indigenous Bolivians, subjected to centuries of discrimination.<\/p>\n

The photo essay is shot at a cholita<\/em> modeling school in La Paz, where a new generation of indigenous Aymara women have up-ended the Cholita stereotype and use traditional clothing to express identity and heritage proudly and beautifully.<\/p>\n

(Blast’s website includes other photo essays and stories on Latin American women. \u00a0Explore!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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