Everyday Forms of State Formation
Revolution and the Negotiation of Rule in Modern Mexico
Published on 15. June 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
456 pages
978-0-8223-1467-7 (ISBN)
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Everyday Forms of State Formation is the first book to systematically examine the relationship between popular cultures and state formation in revolutionary and post-revolutionary Mexico. While most accounts have emphasized either the role of peasants and peasant rebellions or that of state formation in Mexico's past, these original essays reveal the state's day-to-day engagement with grassroots society by examining popular cultures and forms of the state simultaneously and in relation to one another.
Structured in the form of a dialogue between a distinguished array of Mexicanists and comparative social theorists, this volume boldly reassesses past analyses of the Mexican revolution and suggests new directions for future study. Showcasing a wealth of original archival and ethnographic research, this collection provides a new and deeper understanding of Mexico's revolutionary experience. It also speaks more broadly to a problem of extraordinary contemporary relevance: the manner in which local societies and self-proclaimed "revolutionary" states are articulated historically. The result is a unique collection bridging social history, anthropology, historical sociology, and cultural studies in its formulation of new approaches for rethinking the multifaceted relationship between power, culture, and resistance.Contributors. Ana MarIa Alonso, Armando Bartra, Marjorie Becker, Barry Carr, Philip Corrigan, Romana FalcOn, Gilbert M. Joseph, Alan Knight, Florencia E. Mallon, Daniel Nugent, Elsie Rockwell, William Roseberry, Jan Rus, Derek Sayer, James C. Scott
Structured in the form of a dialogue between a distinguished array of Mexicanists and comparative social theorists, this volume boldly reassesses past analyses of the Mexican revolution and suggests new directions for future study. Showcasing a wealth of original archival and ethnographic research, this collection provides a new and deeper understanding of Mexico's revolutionary experience. It also speaks more broadly to a problem of extraordinary contemporary relevance: the manner in which local societies and self-proclaimed "revolutionary" states are articulated historically. The result is a unique collection bridging social history, anthropology, historical sociology, and cultural studies in its formulation of new approaches for rethinking the multifaceted relationship between power, culture, and resistance.Contributors. Ana MarIa Alonso, Armando Bartra, Marjorie Becker, Barry Carr, Philip Corrigan, Romana FalcOn, Gilbert M. Joseph, Alan Knight, Florencia E. Mallon, Daniel Nugent, Elsie Rockwell, William Roseberry, Jan Rus, Derek Sayer, James C. Scott
Reviews / Votes
"The essays in Everyday Forms of State Formation brilliantly shift the understanding of the Mexican Revolution to a new analytical framework that highlights the mediations between power and everyday forms of resistance and organization. Drawing on new theoretical approaches to the processes of hegemony, the authors go beyond analyses that posit either a reified oppressive state or a homogenized, often romanticized notion of 'the people' as heroic subjects of revolutionary change."-George YUdice, Hunter College "This book represents something eminently new and original. I believe it will have a great impact and draw Mexico and its evolution into the general discussion of state formation, popular culture and revolution from which it has been significantly absent for a long time."-Friedrich Katz, University of ChicagoMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
North Carolina
United States
Target group
College/higher education
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Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
3 maps
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
762 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8223-1467-7 (9780822314677)
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Revolution and the Negotiation of Rule in Modern Mexico
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Persons
Gilbert M. Joseph is Professor of History and Chair of the Council of Latin American Studies at Yale University. He is the author of Revolution From Without: YucatAn, Mexico, and the United States, also published by Duke University Press.
Daniel Nugent teaches anthropology and Latin American studies at the University of Arizona and is a managing editor of the Journal of Historical Sociology.
Daniel Nugent teaches anthropology and Latin American studies at the University of Arizona and is a managing editor of the Journal of Historical Sociology.
Content
Foreword vii
Preface xiii
State Formation xvii
Popular Culture and State Formation in Revolutionary Mexico / Gilbert M. Joseph and Daniel Nugent 3
Weapons and Arches in the Mexican Revolutionary Landscape / Alan Knight 24
Reflections on the Ruins: Everyday Forms of State Formation in Nineteenth-Century Mexico / Florencia E. Mallon 69
Force and the Search for Consent: The Role of the Jefaturas Politicas of Coahuila in National State Formation / Romana Falcon 107
Rethinking Mexican Revolutionary Mobilization; Yucatan's Seasons of Upheaval, 1909-1930 / Gilbert M. Joseph 135
Schools of the Revolution: Enacting and Consenting State Forms in Tlaxcala, 1910-1930 / Elsie Rockwell 170
Multiple Selective Traditions in Agrarian Reform and Agrarian Struggle: Popular Culture and State Formation in the Ejido of Namiquipa Chihuahua / Daniel Nugent and Ana Maria Alonso 209
Torching La Purisima, Dancing at the ALtar: The Construction of Revolutionary Hegemony in Michoacan, 1934-1940/ Marjorie Becker 247
The "Comunidad Recolucionaria Instituctional": The Subversion of Native Government in Highland CHiapas, 1936-1968 / Jan Rus 265
The Seduction of the Innocents: The First Tumultuous Moments of Mass Literacy in Postrevolutionary Mexico / Armando Bartra 301
The Fate of the Vanguard under a Revolutionary State: Marxism Contribution to the Construction of the Great Arch / Barry Carr 326
Hegemony and the Language of Contention / William Roseberry 355
Everyday Forms of State Formation: Some Dissident Remarks on "Hegemony" / Derek Sayer 367
Bibliography 379
Index 413
Contributors 429
Preface xiii
State Formation xvii
Popular Culture and State Formation in Revolutionary Mexico / Gilbert M. Joseph and Daniel Nugent 3
Weapons and Arches in the Mexican Revolutionary Landscape / Alan Knight 24
Reflections on the Ruins: Everyday Forms of State Formation in Nineteenth-Century Mexico / Florencia E. Mallon 69
Force and the Search for Consent: The Role of the Jefaturas Politicas of Coahuila in National State Formation / Romana Falcon 107
Rethinking Mexican Revolutionary Mobilization; Yucatan's Seasons of Upheaval, 1909-1930 / Gilbert M. Joseph 135
Schools of the Revolution: Enacting and Consenting State Forms in Tlaxcala, 1910-1930 / Elsie Rockwell 170
Multiple Selective Traditions in Agrarian Reform and Agrarian Struggle: Popular Culture and State Formation in the Ejido of Namiquipa Chihuahua / Daniel Nugent and Ana Maria Alonso 209
Torching La Purisima, Dancing at the ALtar: The Construction of Revolutionary Hegemony in Michoacan, 1934-1940/ Marjorie Becker 247
The "Comunidad Recolucionaria Instituctional": The Subversion of Native Government in Highland CHiapas, 1936-1968 / Jan Rus 265
The Seduction of the Innocents: The First Tumultuous Moments of Mass Literacy in Postrevolutionary Mexico / Armando Bartra 301
The Fate of the Vanguard under a Revolutionary State: Marxism Contribution to the Construction of the Great Arch / Barry Carr 326
Hegemony and the Language of Contention / William Roseberry 355
Everyday Forms of State Formation: Some Dissident Remarks on "Hegemony" / Derek Sayer 367
Bibliography 379
Index 413
Contributors 429