119. “Quitate Tu Para Ponerme Yo”: Corruption, Reputation,
Political Culture, and Exercise of State Power in Postcolonial Venezuela
Sunday, January 9, 8:30–10:30 a.m.
Convention Center, Room 210
Joint Session with the Conference on Latin American History
- Chair:
Jeremy Cohen, University of Florida
- Papers:
Abusive Administrators, Offensive Creditors: Political, Economic,
and Moral Corruption in the Early Venezuelan Republic, 1821–50
Reuben Zahler, University of Chicago
Opponents and Prisoners: Masculine Honor and Corruption under
the Dictatorship of Juan Vicente GF3mez, 1908–35
Doug Yarrington, Colorado State University
The Redemptive Hero: RF3mulo Gallegos, Literary Appropriation,
and the Representation of Democratic Rule
Julie Skurski, University of Michigan
- Comment: Erick Langer, Georgetown
University
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