Fields of Fire: Emancipation and Resistance in Colombia

Author:   Louis Edgar Esparza
Publisher:   Lexington Books
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9781666927023


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   10 October 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Louis Edgar Esparza
Publisher:   Lexington Books
Imprint:   Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
ISBN:  

9781666927023


ISBN 10:   1666927023
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   10 October 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.

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Esparza's lively comparative study of Colombian social movements will fascinate readers interested in the possibilities for and efficacy of collective action in repressive political contexts. Among other findings, Esparza demonstrates how feelings of humiliation can produce rebellion as much as quiescence. --Jeff Goodwin, New York University Situated at the crossroad of social movement scholarship and Latin American Studies, a peak moment of political contention in Colombia's recent history is told with the accuracy of a social scientist, the vivid descriptions of an intrepid ethnographer and the empathy of a native son. --Gilda Zwerman, SUNY-Old Westbury This is a brilliant and entertaining study of rural Colombia, showing how invisible social networks actually work to spark political action, often suddenly and surprisingly. It combines poetic ethnographic observation with high-level theories of political action. --James M. Jasper, author of The Art of Moral Protest


Esparza's lively comparative study of Colombian social movements will fascinate readers interested in the possibilities for and efficacy of collective action in repressive political contexts. Among other findings, Esparza demonstrates how feelings of humiliation can produce rebellion as much as quiescence. Situated at the crossroad of social movement scholarship and Latin American Studies, a peak moment of political contention in Colombia's recent history is told with the accuracy of a social scientist, the vivid descriptions of an intrepid ethnographer and the empathy of a native son. This is a brilliant and entertaining study of rural Colombia, showing how invisible social networks actually work to spark political action, often suddenly and surprisingly. It combines poetic ethnographic observation with high-level theories of political action.


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Louis Edgar Esparza is professor of sociology at California State University-Los Angeles.

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