"We Are All Chávez": Charisma as an Embodied Experience. (January 2017)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- "We Are All Chávez": Charisma as an Embodied Experience. (January 2017)
- Main Title:
- "We Are All Chávez"
- Authors:
- Michelutti, Lucia
- Other Names:
- Hellinger Daniel guest-editor.
Spanakos Anthony Petros guest-editor. - Abstract:
- The current chaotic post-Chávez political and economic scenario affords a little certainty: Chávez is still very present in the everyday life of contemporary Venezuelans. Chávez as a martyr, as the second Bolívar, as a saint, as a spirit, is becoming part of the religious and social life of a great number of people. Despite being dead, he continues to shape Venezuelan revolutionary selves. An examination of Chávez's legacy through the lens of divine kinship provides important clues to understanding how charisma is embodied in people and things and circulates through networks of kinship (and fictive kinship) from gods, spirits, and ancestors to democratically appointed leaders and their ordinary followers. El caos que permea el panorama político y económico post-Chávez ofrece cierta certeza: Chávez todavía está muy presente en la vida cotidiana de los venezolanos. Chávez se está convirtiendo en parte de la vida religiosa y social de un gran número de personas: Chávez como mártir, como el segundo Bolívar, como santo, como espíritu. A pesar de que está muerto, Chávez sigue moldeando la personalidad revolucionaria venezolana. Un examen del legado de Chávez a través del prisma del parentesco divino nos ofrece claves importantes para entender cómo el carisma se encarna en la gente y en los objetos y circula a través de redes de parentesco (y parentesco ficticio) de los dioses, espíritus y ancestros a los líderes elegidos democráticamente y sus seguidores.
- Is Part Of:
- Latin American perspectives. Volume 44:Number 1(2017:Jan.)
- Journal:
- Latin American perspectives
- Issue:
- Volume 44:Number 1(2017:Jan.)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 44, Issue 1 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 44
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0044-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 232
- Page End:
- 250
- Publication Date:
- 2017-01
- Subjects:
- Charisma -- Electoral representation -- Kinship -- Popular religion -- The New Man
Latin America -- Economic policy -- Periodicals
Latin America -- Politics and government -- Periodicals
Latin America -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals
Latin America -- Social conditions -- Periodicals
320.98 - Journal URLs:
- http://lap.sagepub.com ↗
http://www.jstor.org/journals/0094582X.html ↗
http://www.sagepublications.com/ ↗
http://firstsearch.oclc.org ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/0094582X16666023 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0094-582X
- Deposit Type:
- Legaldeposit
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