| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- "power's destiny" : political economy and popular culture to 1986 -- "Americamorfosis" : identities and urbanization, 1987-1993 -- "Not fish, not iguana" : organized bands and agro-urbanization, 1994-1998 -- "If only you could live here" : the emergence of La KY, 1999-2004 -- "In the jaws of these gray cities" : strategic territorial interventions, 2005-2012 -- Conclusion "mi país" : agrotropolis at 13 baktun |
| Summary |
"In this comprehensive book, historian J.T. Way examines and traces the developments of Guatemalan urbanization and youth culture since 1983. In case studies that bring together political economy, popular music, and everyday life, Way explores the rise of urban space in towns seen as quintessentially "rural" and showcases grassroots cultural assertiveness. In a post-revolutionary era, youth coming of age on the globally inflected city street have used popular culture as one means of creating a new national imaginary that rejects Guatemala's racially coded system of castes. Drawing on local sources, deep ethnographies, and the digital archive, Agrotropolis places working-class Maya and mestizo hometowns and creativity at the center of planetary urban history"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
"Fletcher Jones Foundation humanities imprint." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter platform, viewed July 11, 2022) |
| Subject |
Urbanization -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century
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Youth -- Guatemala -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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Economic development -- Social aspects -- Guatemala -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- Central America.
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Economic development -- Social aspects
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Urbanization
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Youth -- Social conditions
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Guatemala
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020029676 |
| ISBN |
0520965485 |
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9780520965485 |
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