Title The spectacular city : violence and performance in urban Bolivia / Daniel M. Goldstein

Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 274 pages) : illustrations, map Series Latin America otherwise Latin America otherwise. e-Duke books scholarly collection. Contents Introduction: becoming visible in neoliberal Bolivia -- Ethnography, governmentality, and urban life -- Urbanism, modernity, and migration in Cochabamba -- Villa Sebastián Pagador and the politics of community -- Performing national culture in the fiesta de San Miguel -- Spectacular violence and citizen security -- Conclusion: theaters of memory and the violence of citizenship Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-264) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Social action -- Political aspects -- Bolivia -- Cochabamba People with social disabilities -- Political activity -- Bolivia -- Cochabamba Festivals -- Bolivia -- Cochabamba Lynching -- Bolivia -- Cochabamba Violence -- Bolivia -- Cochabamba Political participation -- Bolivia -- Cochabamba SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. Festivals Lynching People with social disabilities -- Political activity Political participation Gewalttätigkeit Violence Stadt Geweld. Sociale problemen. Geschichte 1995-2004. SUBJECT Villa Sebastián Pagador (Cochabamba, Bolivia) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004088440 Subject Bolivia -- Cochabamba Bolivia -- Cochabamba -- Villa Sebastián Pagador Bolivien Form Electronic book ISBN 9780822386018 0822386011 1283023881 9781283023887

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