Beschreibung:
Analysis of the Dominican dictator Trujillo's influence on Dominican political culture, claiming that authoritarian rulers can mobilize support in ways that have even more to do with social class formation and cultural transmission than with terror and br
Preface ixAcknowledgments xiiiIntroduction. Populism as Vernacular Practice 11. The Dominican Belle Époque, 1922 252. San Zenón and the Making of Cuidad Trujillo 663. The Master of Ceremonies 1094. Compatriotas! El Jefe Calls 1355. Clothes Make the Man 1736. Trujillo's Two Bodies 2047. Papá Liborio and the Morality of Rule 227Conclusion. Charisma and the Gift of Recognition 257Notes 267Bibliography 353Index 393