The Festive State

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The Festive State by Guss, David M., 9780520223318
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  • ISBN: 9780520223318 | 0520223314
  • Cover: Paperback
  • Copyright: 11/1/2000

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An ethnography of the manipulation of traditional festive behavior by the national and regional governments in Venezuela to create a new populist identity, highlighting new dimensions of authenticity (cultural, personal, artistic), the pluralistic nature of festive forms, and how the notion of tradition as a fluid entity can be determined by the present and the past.
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