1st Edition

On the Chilean Social Explosion

By Maxwell Woods Copyright 2022
226 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

226 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

226 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

On the Chilean Social Explosion uses the methods of literary, cultural, and subaltern studies to examine what cultural foundations and practices gave rise to this political uprising. On 18 October 2019, Chile exploded into a series of nationwide protests that placed the socio-political order of neoliberalism, settler colonialism, and patriarchy under structural crisis. In March 2020, however,... Read more

Introduction: On Autonomy

1. On the Barricade

2. On Public Transport as Public Space

3. On Water

4. On Collectivization

5. On Myth

6. On the Middle Class

Conclusion: On (Re)Constitution

Biography

Maxwell Woods is Assistant Professor in the Department of Literature in the Faculty of Liberal Arts at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile.