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The Spectacular City : Violence and Performance in Urban Bolivia /

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.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Goldstein, Daniel M., 1965- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Durham : Duke University Press, 2004.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.