Abstract
Building on the existing literature this paper analyzes how – at the turn of the century and into the 21st century – activists in Ecuador, Venezuela and Bolivia constructed narratives that focused on “the people in action”. Advocates of the insurrections framed myths of the pure and oppressed people revolting against the tyranny of economic and political elites. Elites responded by differentiating the authentic people from the mob. Indigenous and other poor and non-white protestors were portrayed by elites as the rabble, as uncivilized, and in general, as a danger to democracy.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2015
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.15448/1980-864X.2015.2.21304
Repository Citation
de la Torre, Carlos, "The Streets as Examples of “True” Democracy? The South-American Experience" (2015). Sociology Faculty Publications. 2.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/sociology_facpub/2
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Estudos Ibero-Americanos, v. 41, no. 2, p. 328-350.
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