Dancing Jacobins : a Venezuelan genealogy of Latin American populism /

"Dancing Jacobins traces the populist 'monumental governmentality' that began to take shape in Venezuela and other Latin American nations around the time of independence, in response to the insistent return of subaltern populations in the form of crowds. Informed by a Bolivarian polit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sánchez, Rafael, 1950- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Fordham University Press, 2016.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Venezuela > Politics and government > 1999- Populism > Venezuela > History. Crowds > Political aspects > Venezuela > History. Chávez Frías, Hugo. Presidents > Venezuela > Biography. Politicians > Venezuela > History. Public relations and politics > Venezuela > History. Political culture > Venezuela > History. Latin America > Politics and government. Populism > Latin America > History. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural. POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory. HISTORY > Latin America > South America.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Populist Governmentality
Overture
Archeologies
Bullying for Independence
Statues and Statutes
Theater for the Masses
Monumental Governmentality
Interlude: Dancing Jacobins
The French Repertoire
Scenes of the Imaginary I : The Fragile Collection
Scenes of the Imaginary II : Bolívar Superstar
The (Bolivarian) People Is in the Army
Conclusion: "In my image and likeness"
Epilogue: Dancing and the Return of the Crowds.