Cultures of Politics/Politics of Cultures: Re-Visioning Latin American Social Movements

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Preface and Acknowledgments xi
• Chapter One - Introduction: The Cultural and the Political in Latin American Social Movements 1
• Notes 23
• References 25
• Part One - The Cultural Politics of Citizenship, Democracy, and the State 31
• Chapter Two - Culture, Citizenship, and Democracy: Changing Discourses and Practices of the Latin American Left 33
• Notes 57
• References 61
• Chapter Three - Social Rights: Conflicts and Negotiations in Contemporary Brazil 64
• Notes 86
• References 89
• Chapter Four - New Subjects of Rights? Women's Movements and the Construction of Citizenship in the "New Democracies" 93
• Notes 111
• References 115
• Chapter Five - The Explosion of Experience: The Emergence of a New Ethical-Political Principle in Popular Movements in Porto Alegre, Brazil 118
• References 136
• Part Two - The Cultural Politics Of Ethnicity, Race, and Gender 139
• Chapter Six - "Ambiguity and Contradiction in a Radical Popular Movement 141
• Notes 161
• References 163
• Chapter Seven - Indigenous Movements as a Challenge to the Unified Social Movement Paradigm for Guatemala 165
• Notes 188
• References 191
• Chapter Eight - The Process of Black Community Organizing in the Southern Pacific Coast Region of Colombia 196
• Notes 214
• References 217
• Chapter Nine - Black Movements and the "Politics of Identity" in Brazil 220
• Notes 246
• References 249
• Chapter Ten - Beyond the Domestic and the Public: Colonas Participation in Urban Movements in Mexico City 252
• Notes 273
• References 275
• Chapter Eleven - Defrocking the Vatican: Feminism's Secular Project 278
• Notes 287
• Part Three - Globalization, Transnationalism, and Civil Society 291
• Chapter Twelve - Latin American Feminisms "Go Global": Trends of the 1990s and Challenges for the New Millennium 293
• Notes 317
• References 320
• Chapter Thirteen - Cybercultural Politics: Political Activism at a Distance in a Transnational World 325
• Notes 345
• References 348
• Chapter Fourteen - The Globalization of Culture and the New Civil Society 353
• Notes 374
• References 375
• Chapter Fifteen - Rethinking the Spatialities of Social Movements: Questions of (B)orders, Culture, and Politics in Global Times 380
• Notes 397
• References 399
• Part Four - Theoretical and Methodological Rflections on the Cultural and the Political in Latin American Social Movements 403
• Chapter Sixteen - Toward a Culture of Participation and Citizenship: Challenges for a More Equitable World 405
• Notes 413
• References 414
• Chapter Seventeen - Final Comments: Challenges to Cultural Studies in Latin America 415
• Notes 420
• References 420
• Chapter Eighteen - Third World or Planetary Conflicts? 422
• Chapter Nineteen - Where To? What Next? 430
• Notes 436
• About the Editors and Contributors 437
• Index 441

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