{"product_id":"the-necromantic-state-irina-r-troconis-9781478031079","title":"The Necromantic State: Spectral Remains in the Afterglow of Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution","description":"In the spring of 2013, televisions across Venezuela announced the death of then-president Hugo Ch?vez, leader of the Bolivarian Revolution and key political actor in Latin America's \"turn to the left.\" Ch?vez's death, however, was not the end of Ch?vez's life. In \u003ci\u003eThe Necromantic State\u003c\/i\u003e, Irina R. Troconis examines how Ch?vez, as a \"specter,\" has lingered in Venezuela's public, private, and digital spaces. Focusing on contemporary Venezuela and drawing from a diverse corpus that includes tattoos, toys, memes, graffiti, and a hologram haunting the streets of downtown Caracas, Troconis contends that, in moments of failed transitions, political tensions, and crises of legitimacy, the state brings the dead back to life to negotiate the terms of its survival. By showing how this necromantic performance enables the state's material and visual manifestations in public and private spaces, Troconis untangles a sociopolitical moment in which the ghostly acts as the affective, social, and political force that grounds state authority and ensures the preservation of the status quo, as it circumscribes acts of political imagination and limits popular resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Irina R. Troconis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1478031077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478031079\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs","brand":"Irina R. Troconis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46571220304127,"sku":"9781478031079","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1fcf7035-6718-45fd-89a7-e630299fce7d.jpg?v=1738807593","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-necromantic-state-irina-r-troconis-9781478031079","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}