Cultures in Conflict: Social Movements and the State in Peru

by Stokes, Susan C.
ISBN: 9780520200234
Availability:
$7.99

Available Offers


Pickup at {0} Out of stock at {0} Check other stores
FREE
Ship to Me
$3.99

Overview

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.
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Stokes, Susan C.
  • ISBN: 9780520200234
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.01 x 0.58
  • Number Of Pages: 200
  • Publication Year: 1995