Agrotropolis : youth, street, and nation in the new urban Guatemala / J. T. Way.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Way, John T. (John Thomas), 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urbanization--Guatemala--History--20th century.

Urbanization.

Youth--Guatemala--Social conditions--20th century.

Youth.

Economic development--Guatemala--Social aspects--20th century.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]

Summary:

In this comprehensive book, historian J. T. Way examines and traces the developments of Guatemalan urbanization and youth culture since 1983. In case studies that bring together political economy, popular music, and everyday life, Way explores the rise of urban space in towns seen as quintessentially "rural" and showcases grassroots cultural assertiveness. In a post-revolutionary era, youth coming of age on the globally inflected city street have used popular culture as one means of creating a new national imaginary that rejects Guatemala's racially coded system of castes. Drawing on local sources, deep ethnographies, and the digital archive, Agrotropolis places working-class Maya and mestizo hometowns and creativity at the center of planetary urban history.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction: Agrotropolis

1 • "Power's Destiny": Political Economy and Popular Culture to 1986

2 • "Americamorfosis": Identities and Urbanization, 1987-1993

3 • "Not Fish, Not Iguana": Organized Bands and Agro-urbanization, 1994-1998

4 • "If Only You Could Live Here": The Emergence of La KY, 1999-2004

5 • "In the Jaws of These Gray Cities": Strategic Territorial Interventions, 2005-2012

Conclusion: "Mi País"

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520965485

0520965485

OCLC:

1248760128