Power and Persuasion: Fiestas and Social Control in Rural Mexico

by Stanley H Brandes

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Demonstrates how the annual fiesta cycle reflects political dependency of local communities on the nation-state, helps maintain formal authority, and perpetuates behavioral norms and social values.

  • ISBN10 0812280776
  • ISBN13 9780812280777
  • Publish Date 29 January 1988 (first published 1 January 1988)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 12 January 2017
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 224
  • Language English