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The Street Sweeper and the Mayor: Transgression and Politics in Lima

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Peru in Theory

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I took one of the yellow cabs lined up in front of Larco Mar. I figured a taxi stationed at the upscale shopping mall in Miraflores would be a quick and safe way to get to my appointment on time in the nearby district of San Juan. The city—I heard again and again during that 2003 visit—was experiencing a surge in armed assaults and rapes, a step up from the petty crime we limeños are accustomed to, and riding taxis was, for a woman, a sure way of becoming a victim. I didn’t know what to make of what I heard, but since on this occasion I was in a hurry, I jumped in and only briefly bargained with the driver, getting him to lower the fare to what still was an exorbitant amount to go to San Juan, a place that is much farther from Miraflores in the class- and race-conscious minds of Lima’s residents than it is in reality.

This chapter draws on material previously published in Gandolfo (2009). © 2009 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.

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Gandolfo, D.M. (2014). The Street Sweeper and the Mayor: Transgression and Politics in Lima. In: Drinot, P. (eds) Peru in Theory. Studies of the Americas. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137455260_7

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