ABSTRACT For ten months in 2012, as part of ethnographic research, I wrestled in lucha libre events alongside Bolivian women known as the Cholitas Luchadoras. These wrestlers are costumed as ‘cholas,’ wearing pollera skirts closely associated with market vendors and indigenous women . Audience members debate whether they are authentic representations of indigenous women or essentialized racial characterizations. Regardless, the luchadoras have become popular locally and garnered international media attention. While my subjectivity is quite different from theirs,I argue that the exposure and risks of wrestling contributed to a form of ‘embodied solidarity’ among us. We both engaged in essentialization of our wrestling characters along gendered and racial lines, to attract audiences and advance our own aims. In doing so, both the luchadoras and I risked reinforcing some stereotypes and inequalities in order to challenge assumptions – transforming expectations for indigenous women and bringing performance and embodied knowledge more centrally into anthropological discussion. We both used essentialized performances in (hopeful) service of transformative politics. In centering attention on the body, I argue that solidarity in risk and exposure may at times outweigh global inequalities, momentarily reverse or equalize power dynamics, and provide a space in which ethnographic understanding may subvert imperialist histories.

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人种学方面的了解和体现的团结：与Cholitas Luchadoras融为一体

摘要在2012年的十个月中，作为人种学研究的一部分，我与被称为Cholitas Luchadoras的玻利维亚妇女一起参加了lucha自由活动。这些摔跤手装扮成“ cholas”，穿着与市场摊贩和土著妇女密切相关的花粉裙。观众们争论着他们是土著妇女的真实代表还是本质上的种族特征。无论如何，卢莎朵（Luchadoras）已在本地流行，并赢得了国际媒体的关注。尽管我的主观性与他们的主观性大不相同，但我认为，暴露和摔跤的风险促成了我们之间“形式上的团结”。我们俩都致力于按照性别和种族划分摔角角色，以吸引观众并实现自己的目标。在这样做，我和卢卡多拉女士都冒着加剧某些陈规定型观念和不平等现象的风险，以挑战各种假设–改变对土著妇女的期望，并将绩效和体现的知识更集中地纳入人类学讨论中。我们都在（有希望的）变革政治服务中使用了本质化的表演。我将注意力集中在身体上，认为风险和风险敞口的团结有时可能会超过全球不平等，暂时扭转或均衡权力动态，并提供民族志理解可能颠覆帝国主义历史的空间。我们都在（有希望的）变革政治服务中使用了本质化的表演。我将注意力集中在身体上，认为风险和风险敞口的团结有时可能会超过全球不平等，暂时扭转或均衡权力动态，并提供民族志理解可能颠覆帝国主义历史的空间。我们都在（有希望的）变革政治服务中使用了本质化的表演。我将注意力集中在身体上，认为风险和风险敞口的团结有时可能会超过全球不平等，暂时扭转或均衡权力动态，并提供民族志理解可能颠覆帝国主义历史的空间。