The Spectacular City : Violence and Performance in Urban Bolivia


Daniel M. Goldstein
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
North Carolina : : Duke University Press, , 2004.
Omfang
1 online resource (290 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; About the Series; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Becoming Visible in Neoliberal Bolivia; 1 Ethnography, Governmentality, and Urban Life; 2 Urbanism, Modernity, and Migration in Cochabamba; 3 Villa Sebastián Pagador and the Politics of Community; 4 Performing National Culture in the Fiesta de San Miguel; 5 Spectacular Violence and Citizen Security; Conclusion: Theaters of Memory and the Violence of Citizenship; Notes; References; Index. - This study analyzes a popular festival and vigilante lynching, examining them as a form of political spectacle performed by improverished people who want to gain access to the potential benefits of citizenship in a modern city.
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Dewey
ISBN
0822333600. - 0822333708

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