The Dictator's Seduction : Politics and the Popular Imagination in the Era of Trujillo

The Dictator's Seduction Politics and the Popular Imagination in the Era of Trujillo

The dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, who ruled the Dominican Republic from 1930 until his assassination in 1961, was one of the longest and bloodiest in Latin American history. The Dictator's Seduction is a cultural history of the Trujillo regime as it was experienced in the capital city of San...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Derby, Lauren H., author (author)
Otros Autores: Joseph, Gilbert M. editor (editor), Derby, Lauren H. author (author), Rosenberg, Emily S. editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [s.l.] : Duke University Press 2009.
Colección:American Encounters/Global Interactions
Materias:
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
History / Latin America
History / Caribbean & West Indies
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • MAP
  • INTRODUCTION Populism as Vernacular Practice
  • ONE The Dominican Belle Époque, 1922
  • TWO San Zenón and the Making of Ciudad Trujillo
  • THREE The Master of Ceremonies
  • FOUR Compatriotas! El Jefe Calls
  • FIVE Clothes Make the Man
  • SIX Trujillo's Two Bodies
  • SEVEN Papá Liborio and the Morality of Rule
  • CONCLUSION Charisma and the Gift of Recognition
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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