Practising (for) revolution: street mobilizations in Athens as political performatives.
The controversial district of Exarcheia in Athens has a long and turbulent history shaped by dissidence, persecution and marginalization that can be traced back to the Greek Civil war of 1946–1949. In this paper I focus on one of Exarcheia's quintessential characteristic, its weekly riots – colloqui...
| Publicado en: | History & Anthropology Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 348 - 370 |
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