When supporters and critics of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet squared off against each other in the streets and elsewhere following his death in December 2006, most observers saw this conflict as another stage in the continuing struggle between authoritarian and antiauthoritarian forces in Latin America. Gwynn Thomas, however, looks below the surface of these events to reveal a set of cultural beliefs--shared, surprisingly, by both sides--about the role of the family in Chilean life. In Contesting Legitimacy in Chile, Thomas examines how common attitudes toward the...
When supporters and critics of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet squared off against each other in the streets and elsewhere following his d...
When supporters and critics of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet squared off against each other in the streets and elsewhere following his death in December 2006, most observers saw this conflict as another stage in the continuing struggle between authoritarian and antiauthoritarian forces in Latin America. Gwynn Thomas, however, looks below the surface of these events to reveal a set of cultural beliefs--shared, surprisingly, by both sides--about the role of the family in Chilean life. In Contesting Legitimacy in Chile, Thomas examines how common attitudes toward the...
When supporters and critics of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet squared off against each other in the streets and elsewhere following his d...
