{"product_id":"setting-the-virgin-on-fire-9780520914353","title":"Setting the Virgin on Fire","description":"In this beautifully written work, Marjorie Becker reconstructs the cultural encounters which led to Mexico's post-revolutionary government. She sets aside the mythology surrounding president Lázaro Cárdenas to reveal his dilemma: until he and his followers understood peasant culture, they could not govern.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis dilemma is vividly illustrated in Michoacán. There, peasants were passionately engaged in a Catholic culture focusing on the Virgin Mary. The Cardenistas, inspired by revolutionary ideas of equality and modernity, were oblivious to the peasants' spirituality and determined to transform them. A series of dramatic conflicts forced Cárdenas to develop a government that embodied some of the peasants' complex culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecker brilliantly combines concerns with culture and power and a deep historical empathy to bring to life the men and women of her story. She shows how Mexico's government today owes much of its subtlety to the peasants of Michoacán.","brand":"Marjorie Becker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48199596376315,"sku":"9780520914353","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9780520914353.jpg?v=1772481836","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/setting-the-virgin-on-fire-9780520914353","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}