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Author :Kalman H. Silvert Publisher :Philadelphia : Institute for the Study of Human Issues ISBN 13 : Total Pages :270 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Essays in Understanding Latin America by : Kalman H. Silvert
Download or read book Essays in Understanding Latin America written by Kalman H. Silvert and published by Philadelphia : Institute for the Study of Human Issues. This book was released on 1977 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Oxford Book of Latin American Essays by : Ilan Stavans
Download or read book The Oxford Book of Latin American Essays written by Ilan Stavans and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1997 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intriguing collection of more than 70 Latin American essays, some never before translated into English, gives us the whole spectrum of concerns that have animated some of the greatest writers of our time--from Andres Bello, Pablo Neruda, and Alfonso Reyes to Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Rosario Ferre--an assembly confident, ingenious, aware.
Book Synopsis Sabers and Utopias by : Mario Vargas Llosa
Download or read book Sabers and Utopias written by Mario Vargas Llosa and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A landmark collection of essays on the Nobel laureate’s conception of Latin America, past, present, and future Throughout his career, the Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa has grappled with the concept of Latin America on a global stage. Examining liberal claims and searching for cohesion, he continuously weighs the reality of the continent against the image it projects, and considers the political dangers and possibilities that face this diverse set of countries. Now this illuminating and versatile collection assembles these never-before-translated criticisms and meditations. Reflecting the intellectual development of the writer himself, these essays distill the great events of Latin America’s recent history, analyze political groups like FARC and Sendero Luminoso, and evaluate the legacies of infamous leaders such as Papa Doc Duvalier and Fidel Castro. Arranged by theme, they trace Vargas Llosa’s unwavering demand for freedom, his embrace of and disenchantment with revolutions, and his critique of nationalism, populism, indigenism, and corruption. From the discovery of liberal ideas to a defense of democracy, buoyed by a passionate invocation of Latin American literature and art, Sabers and Utopias is a monumental collection from one of our most important writers. Uncompromising and adamantly optimistic, these social and political essays are a paean to thoughtful engagement and a brave indictment of the discrimination and fear that can divide a society.
Book Synopsis How Latin America Fell Behind by : Stephen H. Haber
Download or read book How Latin America Fell Behind written by Stephen H. Haber and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1800, the per capita income of the United States was twice that of Mexico and roughly the same as Brazil's. By 1913, it was four times greater than Mexico's and seven times greater than Brazil's. This volume seeks to explain the nineteenth-century lag in Latin American economic development. Breaking with the longstanding dependency tradition in Latin American historiography, the contributors argue that the slowdown had far more to do with internal political and legal structures than foreign influences. Topics covered include the performance of Mexico and Brazil, the impact of independence, capital markets, regional growth, the impact of railroads, and the economic effects of 'culture'. The editor's introductory essay surveys the history of economic growth theories and Latin American economic historiography. -- Publisher's description.
Book Synopsis Primitivism and Identity in Latin America by : Erik Camayd-Freixas
Download or read book Primitivism and Identity in Latin America written by Erik Camayd-Freixas and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2000-08 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although primitivism has received renewed attention in recent years, studies linking it with Latin America have been rare. This volume examines primitivism and its implications for contemporary debates on Latin American culture, literature, and arts, showing how Latin American subjects employ a Western construct to "return the gaze" of the outside world and redefine themselves in relation to modernity. Examining such subjects as Julio Cort‡zar and Frida Kahlo and such topics as folk art and cinema, the volume brings together for the first time the views of scholars who are currently engaging the task of cultural studies from the standpoint of primitivism. These varied contributions include analyses of Latin American art in relation to social issues, popular culture, and official cultural policy; essays in cultural criticism touching on ethnic identity, racial politics, women's issues, and conflictive modernity; and analytical studies of primitivism's impact on narrative theory and practice, film, theater, and poetry. This collection contributes offers a new perspective on a variety of significant debates in Latin American cultural studies and shows that the term primitive does not apply to these cultures as much as to our understanding of them. CONTENTS Paradise Subverted: The Invention of the Mexican Character / Roger Bartra Between Sade and the Savage: Octavio PazÕs Aztecs / Amaryll Chanady Under the Shadow of God: Roots of Primitivism in Early Colonial Mexico / Delia Annunziata Cosentino Of Alebrijes and Ocumichos: Some Myths about Folk Art and Mexican Identity / Eli Bartra Primitive Borders: Cultural Identity and Ethnic Cleansing in the Dominican Republic / Fernando Valerio-Holgu’n Dialectics of Archaism and Modernity: Technique and Primitivism in Angel RamaÕs Transculturaci—n narrativa en AmŽrica Latina / JosŽ Eduardo Gonz‡lez Narrative Primitivism: Theory and Practice in Latin America / Erik Camayd-Freixas Narrating the Other: Julio Cort‡zarÕs "Axolotl" as Ethnographic Allegory / R. Lane Kauffmann Jungle Fever: Primitivism in Environmentalism; R—mulo GallegosÕs Canaima and the Romance of the Jungle / Jorge Marcone Primitivism and Cultural Production: FutureÕs Memory; Native PeoplesÕ Voices in Latin American Society / Ivete Lara Camargos Walty Primitive Bodies in Latin American Cinema: Nicol‡s Echevarr’aÕs Cabeza de Vaca / Luis Fernando Restrepo Subliminal Body: Shamanism, Ancient Theater, and Ethnodrama / Gabriel Weisz Primitivist Construction of Identity in the Work of Frida Kahlo / Wendy B. Faris Mi andina y dulce Rita: Women, Indigenism, and the Avant-Garde in CŽsar Vallejo / Tace Megan Hedrick
Author :Donna M. Kabalen de Bichara Publisher :Cambridge Scholars Publishing ISBN 13 :1443896616 Total Pages :265 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (438 download)
Book Synopsis Print Culture through the Ages by : Donna M. Kabalen de Bichara
Download or read book Print Culture through the Ages written by Donna M. Kabalen de Bichara and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Print Culture Through the Ages: Essays on Latin American Book History, is a compendium of specialized essays by renowned scholars from Mexico, the United States, Argentina, Uruguay, France, and Colombia that focuses on various topics involving the evolution of printing, reading publics, the publishing process and literary development during periods of political and cultural change in Latin America. The volume has four primary areas of concern, namely “Labors of the Printing Press, Typography and Editing”; “Books and Readers in the Colonial Period”; “New Forms of Literary Consumption”; “The Press and Its Readers”. It will be of particular interest to scholars in the areas of literature, book history, print culture and images.
Book Synopsis Latin America; Essays in Continuity and Change by : Harold Blakemore
Download or read book Latin America; Essays in Continuity and Change written by Harold Blakemore and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Latin American Cinema by : Lisa Shaw
Download or read book Latin American Cinema written by Lisa Shaw and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renewed interest in Latin American film industries has opened a host of paths of scholarly exploration. Productions from different countries reflect particular social attitudes, political climates and self-conceptions, and must be considered separately and as a whole. The search for national identity is a key component of Latin American films in a time of decreasing cultural diversity and pressures to westernize. Globalization and falling government support have fueled cross-border collaborations, calling into question the idea of a movie's "nationality," and leaving some nations' film industries on the brink of collapse. Whether thriving or barely surviving, struggling to remain distinct or embracing globalization on its own terms, addressing the government or society, Latin American cinema remains vibrant, offering a wealth of material to scholars of all stripes. These collected essays explore important elements of Latin American cinema and its associated national film industries. The first section of essays examines the impact of modernization on both Latin American screen images and the industry itself, offering modern and historical perspectives. The second section focuses on filmmakers who deal with issues of gender and sexuality, whether sexual transgression, the role of female characters, or societal attitudes towards sex and nudity. The final section of essays discusses the relationship between national identity and Latin American film industries: how movies are used to create a sense of self; Uruguay's ongoing identity crisis; and Brazil's use of Hollywood's stereotypical depiction of the country to depict itself. Photographs and an annotated bibliography accompany each essay, and an index supplements the text.
Book Synopsis The Woman in Latin American and Spanish Literature by : Eva Paulino Bueno
Download or read book The Woman in Latin American and Spanish Literature written by Eva Paulino Bueno and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noted scholars of Latin American and Spanish literature here explore the literary history of Latin America through the representation of iconic female characters. Focusing both on canonical novels and on works virtually unknown outside their original countries, the essays discuss the important ways in which these characters represent nature, history, race and sex, the effects of globalization, and the unknowable "other." They examine how both male and female writers portray Latin American women, reinterpreting the dynamics between the genders across boundaries and historical periods. Drawing on recent theories in literary criticism, gender, and Latin American studies, these essays illuminate the women characters as conduits for the appreciation of their countries and cultures.
Book Synopsis In Search of a New Order by : Eduardo Posada Carbó
Download or read book In Search of a New Order written by Eduardo Posada Carbó and published by Institute of Latin American Studies. This book was released on 1998 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays, the result of the second workshop on nineteenth-century Latin America held at ILAS examines various aspects of the question of 'order' in the region after Independence. The volume opens with a chapter by Anthony McFarlane who looks at the first attempts to create a new political order in New Granada in 1810-15. This is followed by papers by Ana María Stuven and Paul Gootenberg discussing how intellectuals perceived the question of 'order' in Chile and Peru respectively. In the third section Eduardo Zimmermann and Frédéric Martinez examine aspects of law and order in relation to the judiciary in Buenos Aires and the police in Bogotá. The volume closes with chapters by Carlos Malamud and Guy Thomson who analyse aspects of public order and revolutions in Argentina and Mexico respectively.
Book Synopsis Primitivism and Identity in Latin America by : Erik Camayd-Freixas
Download or read book Primitivism and Identity in Latin America written by Erik Camayd-Freixas and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although primitivism has received renewed attention in recent years, studies linking it with Latin America have been rare. This volume examines primitivism and its implications for contemporary debates on Latin American culture, literature, and arts, showing how Latin American subjects employ a Western construct to "return the gaze" of the outside world and redefine themselves in relation to modernity. Examining such subjects as Julio Cortázar and Frida Kahlo and such topics as folk art and cinema, the volume brings together for the first time the views of scholars who are currently engaging the task of cultural studies from the standpoint of primitivism. These varied contributions include analyses of Latin American art in relation to social issues, popular culture, and official cultural policy; essays in cultural criticism touching on ethnic identity, racial politics, women's issues, and conflictive modernity; and analytical studies of primitivism's impact on narrative theory and practice, film, theater, and poetry. This collection contributes offers a new perspective on a variety of significant debates in Latin American cultural studies and shows that the term primitive does not apply to these cultures as much as to our understanding of them. CONTENTS Paradise Subverted: The Invention of the Mexican Character / Roger Bartra Between Sade and the Savage: Octavio Paz’s Aztecs / Amaryll Chanady Under the Shadow of God: Roots of Primitivism in Early Colonial Mexico / Delia Annunziata Cosentino Of Alebrijes and Ocumichos: Some Myths about Folk Art and Mexican Identity / Eli Bartra Primitive Borders: Cultural Identity and Ethnic Cleansing in the Dominican Republic / Fernando Valerio-Holguín Dialectics of Archaism and Modernity: Technique and Primitivism in Angel Rama’s Transculturación narrativa en América Latina / José Eduardo González Narrative Primitivism: Theory and Practice in Latin America / Erik Camayd-Freixas Narrating the Other: Julio Cortázar’s "Axolotl" as Ethnographic Allegory / R. Lane Kauffmann Jungle Fever: Primitivism in Environmentalism; Rómulo Gallegos’s Canaima and the Romance of the Jungle / Jorge Marcone Primitivism and Cultural Production: Future’s Memory; Native Peoples’ Voices in Latin American Society / Ivete Lara Camargos Walty Primitive Bodies in Latin American Cinema: Nicolás Echevarría’s Cabeza de Vaca / Luis Fernando Restrepo Subliminal Body: Shamanism, Ancient Theater, and Ethnodrama / Gabriel Weisz Primitivist Construction of Identity in the Work of Frida Kahlo / Wendy B. Faris Mi andina y dulce Rita: Women, Indigenism, and the Avant-Garde in César Vallejo / Tace Megan Hedrick
Book Synopsis Essays on 20th Century Latin American Art by : Francine Birbragher-Rozencwaig
Download or read book Essays on 20th Century Latin American Art written by Francine Birbragher-Rozencwaig and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-03-31 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on 20th Century Latin American Art provides a broad synthesis of the subject through short chapters illustrated with reproductions of iconic works by artists who have made significant contributions to art and society. Designed as a teaching tool for non-art historians, the book's purpose is to introduce these important artists within a new scholarly context and recognize their accomplishments with those of others beyond the Americas and the Caribbean. The publication provides an in-depth analysis of topics such as political issues in Latin American art and art and popular culture, introducing views on artists and art-related issues that have rarely been addressed. Organized both regionally and thematically, it takes a unique approach to the exploration of art in the Americas, beginning with discussions of Modernism and Abstraction, followed by a chapter on art and politics from the 1960s to the 1980s. The author covers Spanish-speaking Central America and the Caribbean, regions not usually addressed in Latin American art history surveys. The chapter on Carnival as an expression of popular culture is a particularly valuable addition. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Latin American history, culture, art, international relations, gender studies, and sociology, as well as Caribbean studies.
Book Synopsis Labor in Latin America by : Charles W. Bergquist
Download or read book Labor in Latin America written by Charles W. Bergquist and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Imagination, Emblems, and Expressions by : Helen Ryan-Ranson
Download or read book Imagination, Emblems, and Expressions written by Helen Ryan-Ranson and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-four essays take diverse approaches (thematic, feminist, historicist, cultural materialist, etc.) to the theme of culture (including its expression in literature, art, mass media, etc.) and identity (self, regional, or national) in Latin America (five essays), the Caribbean (ten essays) and Europe (nine essays). Paper edition (unseen), $16.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis Africa in Latin America by : Manuel Moreno Fraginals
Download or read book Africa in Latin America written by Manuel Moreno Fraginals and published by Holmes & Meier Publishers. This book was released on 1984 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Reclaiming the Political in Latin American History by : Gilbert M. Joseph
Download or read book Reclaiming the Political in Latin American History written by Gilbert M. Joseph and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2001-12-25 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVA collection of essays and case studies on Latin America which suggest new historiographical approaches and political strategies, linking materialist analysis to constructivist understandings of power, meaning, identity, and agency. /div
Book Synopsis Strategy for Revolution by : Régis Debray
Download or read book Strategy for Revolution written by Régis Debray and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of essays analysing the political aspects and sociological aspects of social movements in Latin America - examines political leadership in the Cuban revolution, armed forces actions in latin america, the role of intellectuals and political parties in revolutions, communist and socialist philosophy, includes an interview with havana students, describes the authors involvement in guerilla activities in Bolivia and contains his defence statement to the military court which sentenced him to 30 years in prison. References.
