Everyday Forms of State Formation : Revolution and the Negotiation of Rule in Modern Mexico.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Joseph, Gilbert M., Editor.

Contributor:

Nugent, Daniel, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexico--Politics and government--20th century.

Mexico.

Political culture--History--20th century--Mexico.

Political culture.

Political culture--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (454 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham, NC, USA Duke University Press 19940301

Duke University Press

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Everyday Forms of State Formation is the first book to systematically examine the relationship between popular cultures and state formation in revolutionary and post-revolutionary Mexico. While most accounts have emphasized either the role of peasants and peasant rebellions or that of state formation in Mexico’s past, these original essays reveal the state’s day-to-day engagement with grassroots society by examining popular cultures and forms of the state simultaneously and in relation to one another.Structured in the form of a dialogue between a distinguished array of Mexicanists and comparative social theorists, this volume boldly reassesses past analyses of the Mexican revolution and suggests new directions for future study. Showcasing a wealth of original archival and ethnographic research, this collection provides a new and deeper understanding of Mexico’s revolutionary experience. It also speaks more broadly to a problem of extraordinary contemporary relevance: the manner in which local societies and self-proclaimed "revolutionary" states are articulated historically. The result is a unique collection bridging social history, anthropology, historical sociology, and cultural studies in its formulation of new approaches for rethinking the multifaceted relationship between power, culture, and resistance.Contributors. Ana María Alonso, Armando Bartra, Marjorie Becker, Barry Carr, Philip Corrigan, Romana Falcón, Gilbert M. Joseph, Alan Knight, Florencia E. Mallon, Daniel Nugent, Elsie Rockwell, William Roseberry, Jan Rus, Derek Sayer, James C. Scott

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Preface

State Formation

I. THEORETICAL PROLEGOMENA

Popular Culture and State Formation in Revolutionary Mexico

Weapons and Arches in the Mexican Revolutionary Landscape

II. EMPIRICAL STUDIES

Reflections on the Ruins: Everyday Forms of State Formation in Nineteenth-Century Mexico

Force and the Search for Consent: The Role of the Jefaturas Politicas of Coahuila in National State Formation

Rethinking Mexican Revolutionary Mobilization: Yucatan's Seasons of Upheaval, 1909-1915

Schools of the Revolution: Enacting and Contesting State Forms in Tlaxcala, 1910-1930

Multiple Selective Traditions in Agrarian Reform and Agrarian Struggle: Popular Culture and State Formation in the Ejido of Namiquipa, Chihuahua

Torching La Purfsima, Dancing at the Altar: The Construction of Revolutionary Hegemony in Michoacan, 1934-1940

The "Comunidad Revolucionaria Institucional": The Subversion of Native Government in Highland Chiapas, 1936-1968

The Seduction of the Innocents: The First Tumultuous Moments of Mass Literacy in Postrevolutionary Mexico

The Fate of the Vanguard under a Revolutionary State: Marxism's Contribution to the Construction of the Great Arch

III. A THEORETICAL REPRISE

Hegemony and the Language of Contention

Everyday Forms of State Formation: Some Dissident Remarks on "Hegemony"

Bibliography

Index

Contributors

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 12. Dez 2020)

ISBN:

9780822396666

0822396661

OCLC:

1226678625