Setting the Virgin on Fire - 9780520084193
Un libro in lingua di Marjorie Becker edito da Univ of California Pr, 1996
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In this beautifully written work, Marjorie Becker reconstructs the cultural encounters which led to Mexico's post-revolutionary government. She sets aside the mythology surrounding president Lázaro Cárdenas to reveal his dilemma: until he and his followers understood peasant culture, they could not govern.
This dilemma is vividly illustrated in Michoacán. There, peasants were passionately engaged in a Catholic culture focusing on the Virgin Mary. The Cardenistas, inspired by revolutionary ideas of equality and modernity, were oblivious to the peasants' spirituality and determined to transform them. A series of dramatic conflicts forced Cárdenas to develop a government that embodied some of the peasants' complex culture.
Becker brilliantly combines concerns with culture and power and a deep historical empathy to bring to life the men and women of her story. She shows how Mexico's government today owes much of its subtlety to the peasants of Michoacán.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Setting the Virgin on Fire
- Sottotitolo: Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan Peasants, and the Redemption of the Mexican Revolution
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Marjorie Becker
- Editore: Univ of California Pr
- Collana: Univ of California Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Gennaio '96
- Genere: HISTORY
- Argomenti : Peasants Mexico Michoacâan de Ocampo History 20th century Indians of Mexico Mexico Michoacâan de Ocampo Government relations Political culture Mexico Michoacâan de Ocampo History 20th century
- Peso gr: 317
- Dimensioni mm: 234 x 158 x 19
- ISBN-10: 0520084195
- EAN-13: 9780520084193