| Cultures in Conflict: Social Movements and the State in Peru Contributor(s): Stokes, Susan C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520200233 ISBN-13: 9780520200234 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $31.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1995 Annotation: In this vivid ethnography set in contemporary Peru, Susan Stokes provides a compelling analysis of the making and unmaking of class consciousness among the urban poor. Her research strategy is multifaceted; through interviews, participant observation, and survey research she digs deeply into the popular culture of the social activists and shantytown residents she studies. The result is a penetrating look at how social movements evolve, how poor people construct independent political cultures, and how the ideological domination of oppressed classes can shatter. This work is a new and vital chapter in the growing literature on the formation of social movements. It chronicles the transformation of Peru's poor from a culture of deference and clientelism in the late 1960s to a population mobilized for radical political action today. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Radicalism - History | Social History - Social Science | Sociology - Urban |
| Dewey: 303.484 |
| LCCN: 94011496 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6.04" W x 9.01" (0.63 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
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| Publisher Description: In this vivid ethnography set in contemporary Peru, Susan Stokes provides a compelling analysis of the making and unmaking of class consciousness among the urban poor. Her research strategy is multifaceted; through interviews, participant observation, and survey research she digs deeply into the popular culture of the social activists and shantytown residents she studies. The result is a penetrating look at how social movements evolve, how poor people construct independent political cultures, and how the ideological domination of oppressed classes can shatter. This work is a new and vital chapter in the growing literature on the formation of social movements. It chronicles the transformation of Peru's poor from a culture of deference and clientelism in the late 1960s to a population mobilized for radical political action today. |