The romance of democracy: compliant defiance in contemporary Mexico
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1. Verfasser: Gutmann, Matthew C. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley, CA University of California Press ©2002
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Compliant defiance in Colonia Santo Domingo -- The children of (Oscar) Lewis -- 1968, the massacre at Tlatelolco -- For whom the taco bells toll -- Crossing borders -- Rituals of resistance, or, diminished expectations after socialism -- Chiapas and Mexican blood -- Engendering popular political culture -- UNAM strike -- Political fantasies
The Romance of Democracy gives a unique insider perspective on contemporary Mexico by examining the meaning of democracy in the lives of working-class residents in Mexico City today. A highly absorbing and vividly detailed ethnographic study of popular politics and official subjugation, the book provides a detailed, bottom-up exploration of what men and women think about national and neighborhood democracy, what their dreams are for a better society, and how these dreams play out in their daily lives. Based on extensive fieldwork in the same neighborhood he discussed in his acclaimed book The
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ISBN:0520220994
0520235282
0520936639
0585468338
1597348767
9780520220997
9780520235281
9780520936638
9780585468334
9781597348768

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