ABSTRACT

First published in 1991. An implicit thesis of this volume is that popular culture in Chile is more than the total of many individual biographies. It requires a new analysis of society as a whole and of social change. Too often, political scientists and other social analysts have seen social change as proceeding from the top down. One can interpre

chapter 1|10 pages

Introduction: Placing Chile’s Popular Culture in Context

ByKenneth Aman

part Part One|55 pages

Historical Perspectives

chapter 2|27 pages

The History of Popular Culture in Chile: Different Paths

ByGabriel Salazar

chapter 3|25 pages

Christianity and Popular Movements in the Twentieth Century

ByCristián Parker

part Part Two|155 pages

Dimensions of Popular Culture

chapter 4|11 pages

Political Movements and Popular Culture

ByTomás Moulián

chapter 5|16 pages

Popular Organizations and the Economy of Solidarity

ByLuis Razeto

chapter 6|16 pages

Being Female and Poor: A Double Oppression

ByTeresa Valdés

chapter 7|11 pages

Bread and Roses: Women Who Live Poverty

ByCarolyn Lehmann

chapter 8|15 pages

Men of the Street, Women of the Household: Youth in Popular Sectors

ByJosé Weinstein, Juan Eduardo García-Huidobro

chapter 9|14 pages

Love and Rural Popular Culture

ByMaximiliano Salinas

chapter 10|17 pages

Popular Education: The Viewpoint of the Participants

BySergio Martinic

chapter 11|16 pages

Popular Theater and Popular Movements

ByCarlos Ochsenius

chapter 12|11 pages

Human Rights and Popular Organizations

ByIsabel Donoso