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9%OFFLauren H. Derby - The Dictator´s Seduction: Politics and the Popular Imagination in the Era of Trujillo - 9780822344827 - V9780822344827
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The Dictator´s Seduction: Politics and the Popular Imagination in the Era of Trujillo

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Description for The Dictator´s Seduction: Politics and the Popular Imagination in the Era of Trujillo Paperback. An analysis of the ways that General Rafael Trujillo s dictatorship (1930-1961) pervaded everyday life in the Dominican Republic s capital, Santo Domingo. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 432 pages, 34 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KJD; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
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 Santo Domingo. Focusing on everyday forms of state domination, Lauren Derby describes how the regime infiltrated civil society by fashioning a “vernacular politics” based on popular idioms of masculinity and fantasies of race and class mobility. Derby argues that the most pernicious aspect of the dictatorship was how it appropriated quotidian practices ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
American Encounters/Global Interactions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822344827
SKU
V9780822344827
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About Lauren H. Derby
Lauren Derby is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Reviews for The Dictator´s Seduction: Politics and the Popular Imagination in the Era of Trujillo
“Lauren Derby has written a fascinating cultural history of the brutal, three-decade-long Trujillo regime, illustrating the complex and complicit relationship between the dictator and the Dominican pueblo.” - Allen Wells, The Americas “What is fascinating about Derby’s study is her ability to pull from a variety of primary sources to support her methodology and topics addressed throughout text. Her study ... Read more

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