| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 289 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Democracy -- Mexico -- Coyoacán -- Public opinion.
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Democracy. |
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Mexico -- Coyoacán (Mexico City) |
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Public opinion. |
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Working class -- Political activity -- Mexico -- Coyoacán.
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Working class -- Political activity. |
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Working class -- Mexico -- Coyoacán -- Attitudes.
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Working class. |
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Public opinion -- Mexico -- Coyoacán.
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Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1988-
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Mexico. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1988- |
| Subject |
Santo Domingo de los Reyes (Mexico City, Mexico)
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| Chronological Term |
Since 1988 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gutmann, Matthew C., 1953- Romance of democracy. Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, ©2002 (DLC) 2001058501 |
| ISBN |
1597348767 (electronic book) |
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9781597348768 (electronic book) |
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0585468338 (electronic book) |
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9780585468334 (electronic book) |
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9780520936638 (electronic book) |
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0520936639 (electronic book) |
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1282762753 |
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9781282762756 |
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0520220994 |
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9780520220997 |
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0520235282 |
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9780520235281 |
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