![]() ![]() Often all the claimers want is to call the authorities' attention to certain issues because their efforts to be listened to through regular means have received no attention. Protestors raise claims for a range of reasons, material, legal (such as rights and protections), and symbolic. There are four basic elements in protests: (1) the actors demanding something (the demanders) (2) actors who are the object of the demand (the demandees, who could be an individual, institution, business, or agency deemed responsible for doing or failing to do something) (3) the specific contents of the demand (the set of claims) and (4) an audience in which there are potential allies and sympathizers as well as opponents and detractors. Protesters seek attention and voice or demand a third party do something or stop doing what is causing grievances and suffering to the protestors. Protests are contentious actions that pose claims to other parties. These protests routinely incorporate performative innovations into their repertoire in order to gain public support and have their demands met. PROTESTS have been part and parcel of Mexican politics since postrevolutionary times. This chapter analyzes the components of performance in protest and discusses a range of contrasting case studies from Mexico, highlighting features such as empathy and identity through performance. These protests routinely in corporate performative innovations into their repertoire in order to gain public support and have their demands met. Protests have been part and parcel of Mexican politics since postrevolutionary times. Often all the claimants want is to call the authorities' attention to certain issues because their ef forts to be listened to through regular means have been ignored. ![]() Protesters seek attention and voice or demand that a third party act (or stop acting) in a way that prompts grievances or causes suffering to the protesters or others. ![]()
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