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The Vulgarity of Democracy : Political Pornography, Masculinity, and Politics in Ecuador / Sergio Javier Andrade Andrade.

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Format:: Book
Author/Creator:: Andrade, X. (Xavier), author.
Language:: English
Subjects (All):: Jaime, Pancho, 1946-1989.; Jaime, Pancho.; Machism--Political aspects--Ecuador.; Machism.; Pornography--Political aspects--Ecuador.; Pornography.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (281 pages)
Edition:: First edition.
Place of Publication:: Bogotá, Colombia : Ediciones Uniandes, [2019]
Summary:: The Vulgarity of Democracy explores key aesthetics and affective aspects of democracy via a visual ethnographic exploration of political pornography and the public uses of machismo to construct agendas for popular redemption in Guayaquil, Ecuador, during the 1980s. This period was the beginning of a highly conflictive social process as a result of the imposition of neoliberal policies. Its focus is on the life and work of Pancho Jaime (1946-1989), the most controversial and widely known rock promoter and independent journalist. Between 1984 and his assassination in 1989, Jaime's underground publications used in-depth investigation as well as gossip, pornographic cartoons, and obscene language to comment on democracy and the corruption of political elites. Jaime's strategy was to denounce the conduct of powerful figures in public office, and caricaturize their deformed bodies as indexes of their supposedly "deviant" sexuality. Following contemporary and comparative discussions on the political economy of images, and the materiality of image-objects, X. Andrade analyzes the production, circulation, and consumption of Pancho Jaime's political magazines, audience responses to grotesque visual and aggressive textual discourses, and the effects of revealing public secrets about popular understandings of politics.
Contents:: Vulgarity_15-10-19.pdf; pi The vulgarity_web.pdf; Content; The Vulgarity of Democracy; Political Pornography, Masculinity, and Politics in Ecuador; X. Andrade; Traducción de Mariana Serrano Zalamea; Table of Contents; List of Images · xi; Acknowledgments · xvii; IntroductionFrom "Political Culture" to the Vulgarity of Democracy in Ecuador · 1; "Culture" and Politics · 5; "Political Culture" and Cultural Producers · 8; Popular Intellectuals and Political Pornography · 11; Ethnography and Fieldwork · 17; Organization of the Book · 25; Part One; Chapter One; Regional Elites and Political Power · 34; The Populist Phenomenon in Ecuador · 39; A Critique of the Concept of "Political Culture" · 45; Machismo and Populism · 51; Chapter Two; La Mamá del Rock · 63; The Lord's Word · 75; The Magazines: Censura and Comentarios de Pancho Jaime · 86; Writing in a Populist Tradition · 92; Part Two; Chapter Three; The Reactions of Journalists · 105; Women Seeing Politics · 118; The Offensive Effect · 123; Chapter Four; Political Pornography · 142; Cartoons and the Visual Representations of Power · 149; Defacement and Public Secrecy · 156; Public Secrecy · 162; Part Three; Chapter Five; Constructing Carnivalesque · 171; Machismo at the Street Corner · 183; Debunking Machismo · 191; Chapter Six; Patriarchal Balls · 203; Prosthetic Maleness · 209; Perverted Oligarchs · 212; Conclusions; Public Intimacy in Guayaquil · 229; Scandals, Scoundrels, Anthropology · 239; Bibliography · 249; List of Images; Acknowledgments; Introduction; From "Political Culture" to the Vulgarity of Democracy in Ecuador; "Culture" and Politics; "Political Culture" and Cultural Producers; Popular Intellectuals and Political Pornography.; Ethnography and Fieldwork; Organization of the Book; On Regionalism and "Political Culture" in Ecuador; Regional Elites and Political Power; The Populist Phenomenon in Ecuador; A Critique of the Concept of "Political Culture"; Machismo and Populism; Pancho Jaime and His Gonzo Journalism; La Mamá del Rock; The Lord's Word; The Magazines: Censura and Comentarios de Pancho Jaime; Writing in a Populist Tradition; Seeing Politics; The Reactions of Journalists; Women Seeing Politics; The Offensive Effect; On Political Pornography, Cartoons, and Defacement; Political Pornography; Cartoons and the Visual Representations of Power; Defacement and Public Secrecy; Public Secrecy; On Carnivalesque and Everyday Life; Constructing Carnivalesque; Machismo at the Street Corner; Debunking Machismo; Masculinity and Politics in Ecuador: Stereotypes and Public Uses; Patriarchal Balls; Prosthetic Maleness; Perverted Oligarchs; On the Vulgarity of Democracy; Public Intimacy in Guayaquil; Scandals, Scoundrels, Anthropology; History and Cultural Materials; A Cartoon from My Fieldnotes; Texts and Images; Machismo and Everyday Life; Bibliography.
Notes:: Includes bibliographical references.; Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.; Description based on print version record.
ISBN:: 9789587748956; 9587748956
OCLC:: 1129799694

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