The Spectacular City: Violence and Performance in Urban Bolivia

by Daniel M. Goldstein

Book Overview

Since the Bolivian revolution in 1952, migrants have come to the city of Cochabamba, seeking opportunity and relief from rural poverty. They have settled in barrios on the city's outskirts only to find that the rights of citizens--basic rights of property and security, especially protection from crime--are not available to them. In this ethnography, Daniel M. Goldstein considers the significance of and similarities between two kinds of spectacles--street...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822333708
• ISBN13: 9780822333708
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating.

A terrific window into 21st Century Bolivian culture, and by extension, into the perils facing much of Latin America as its indigenous peoples come into conflict with an ever-encroaching modernity. The author clearly knows his subject matter well and writes without condescension or judgment. An excellent read.