Compliant defiance in Colonia Santo Domingo -- The children of (Oscar) Lewis -- 1968, the massacre at Tlatelolco -- For whom the taco bells toll -- Crossing borders -- Rituals of resistance, or, diminished expectations after socialism -- Chiapas and Mexican blood -- Engendering popular political culture -- UNAM strike -- Political fantasies.
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The Romance of Democracy gives a unique insider perspective on contemporary Mexico by examining the meaning of democracy in the lives of working-class residents in Mexico City today. A highly absorbing and vividly detailed ethnographic study of popular politics and official subjugation, the book provides a detailed, bottom-up exploration of what men and women think about national and neighborhood democracy, what their dreams are for a better society, and how these dreams play out in their daily lives. Based on extensive fieldwork in the same neighborhood he discussed in his acclaimed book The.
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Romance of democracy.
Democracy-- Mexico-- Coyoacán-- Public opinion.
Public opinion-- Mexico-- Coyoacán.
Working class-- Mexico-- Coyoacán-- Attitudes.
Working class-- Political activity-- Mexico-- Coyoacán.