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The South American Diaries

Author : John Hopkins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857736655
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book The South American Diaries written by John Hopkins and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While writing a novel set in South America, John Hopkins travelled back there to "reacquaint himself with the scene". In 1972-3, he travelled by train, bus and boat from Mexico City to the centre of the continent, through Belize, Guatemala and Nicaragua and on to Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina. Hopkins travelled slowly, deliberately, savouring every experience along the way. But the journey was fraught with his angst-ridden strivings to write his novel and with the troubled love he had for Madeleine, his travelling companion. In these heat-scorched, tequila-infused pages, Hopkins paints a sultry, exquisite portrait of South America and in so doing masters an art that he believed would forever elude him.

The South American Diaries

Author : John Hopkins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857736655
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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South American Journals

Author : Allen Ginsberg
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452962170
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book South American Journals written by Allen Ginsberg and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great Beat poet’s observations, reflections, poetry, and mind-expanding explorations while traveling through South America When Allen Ginsberg went to South America in 1960, ostensibly to attend a literary conference, he had a different kind of trip in mind. This would be another experience in the Beat poet’s journey deep into the realm of consciousness, the inward travel explored to exhilarating effect in his writing—whether in the poetry that had already earned him international acclaim or in the idiosyncratic journals that raised self-documentation to a new form of art. In his South American Journals, covering a tumultuous six months, Ginsberg describes his travels through Chile and Peru, his visit to Machu Picchu, and his search for a source for ayahuasca, or yagé, a mind-expanding drug recommended by his friend William S. Burroughs, another writer well traveled in altered states of consciousness. Far from quotidian diary entries, Ginsberg’s observations in these pages, interspersed with poetry, dream notations, and musings about spirituality, amount to a critical chapter in the poet’s informal autobiography. Writing more during these six months than in any of his other journals, Ginsberg summons great ferment. In his distinctive accounts of all that he encounters, elevating travel writing to lyrical expression; in an abundance of poems published here for the first time, in both first drafts and polished forms; in his reports of fascinating conversations; and, in particular, in detailed passages that delve into inner recesses of his consciousness, Ginsberg recreates a journey like no other, one that reflects the workings of one of the best minds of his generation in the world of his own making and in its mysterious, immutable counterpart in the South American landscape.

American Diaries

Author : William Matthews
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Diaries written by William Matthews and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cinematic Journeys in Latin America

Author : Richard Francaviglia
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476649677
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Cinematic Journeys in Latin America written by Richard Francaviglia and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critically examines how movies that feature real or imagined explorers and expeditions creatively feature the geography of Latin America. It focuses on how locales are scripted into film plots and artistically depicted, and demonstrates that place is as important as any character in a film, especially in this genre. Nineteen key films are analyzed. Some, like Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, The Other Conquest, Embrace of the Serpent, and The Lost City of Z are based on the exploits of real explorers. Others are fictional, including Apocalypto, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and Dora and the Lost City of Gold. The author also discusses the evolution of exploration-discovery films, including trends that will likely be found in forthcoming movies.

Travels in the Americas

Author : Albert Camus
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022669495X
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book Travels in the Americas written by Albert Camus and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2023-04-05 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The French writer Albert Camus is best known for his novels and philosophical works, which are among the most influential of the twentieth century. But his journals, which he kept from 1935 to 1959, offer an intimate glimpse into his thinking at its most personal. Beautifully retranslated by Ryan Bloom and supplemented by an introduction by Alice Kaplan, Travels in the Americas presents the journals that Camus wrote during his eventful visits to the United States in 1946 and to South America in 1949. When Camus sailed to the US in 1946, he was virtually unknown to American audiences. All that was about to change-The Stranger, his first book translated into English, was about to be published, and he would soon be a literary star. By 1949, when he set out for South America, Camus was an international celebrity. Camus's journals from these two trips record his impressions, frustrations, and longings. Here are his vivid first impressions of New York City, his encounters with publishers and critics and assorted shipmates. Camus appears unguarded, his fallibility on full display. He is irritated by mediocrity and frustrated by his health. Yet he is also moved to rapture by landscapes, by women, or simply by the bounty of his own philosophical imagination. Long unavailable in English and now freshly translated and annotated, these journals let readers walk beside the existentialist thinker as he experiences the changes in his own life and in the world around him, openly describing his passions and preoccupations on the way, all in his inimitable style"--

Church's Great Picture, the Heart of the Andes

Author : Kevin J. Avery
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0810964511
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Church's Great Picture, the Heart of the Andes written by Kevin J. Avery and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1993 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Che's Travels

Author : Paulo Drinot
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822391805
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Che's Travels written by Paulo Drinot and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ernesto “Che” Guevara twice traveled across Latin America in the early 1950s. Based on his accounts of those trips (published in English as The Motorcycle Diaries and Back on the Road), as well as other historical sources, Che’s Travels follows Guevara, country by country, from his native Argentina through Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela, and then from Argentina through Bolivia, Peru, Guatemala, and Mexico. Each essay is focused on a single country and written by an expert in its history. Taken together, the essays shed new light on Che’s formative years by analyzing the distinctive societies, histories, politics, and cultures he encountered on these two trips, the ways they affected him, and the ways he represented them in his travelogues. In addition to offering new insights into Guevara, the essays provide a fresh perspective on Latin America’s experience of the Cold War and the interplay of nationalism and anti-imperialism in the crucial but relatively understudied 1950s. Assessing Che’s legacies in the countries he visited during the two journeys, the contributors examine how he is remembered or memorialized; how he is invoked for political, cultural, and religious purposes; and how perceptions of him affect ideas about the revolutions and counterrevolutions fought in Latin America from the 1960s through the 1980s. Contributors Malcolm Deas Paulo Drinot Eduardo Elena Judith Ewell Cindy Forster Patience A. Schell Eric Zolov Ann Zulawski

The Birth of Development

Author : Amy L. S. Staples
Publisher : Kent State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873388498
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (884 download)

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Download or read book The Birth of Development written by Amy L. S. Staples and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the evolution of post-1945 internationalist ideology, this study highlights efforts to diffuse the destructive role of the nation-state in world affairs by constructing international organisations with global agendas.

The Diary of Heinrich Witt (10 vols.)

Author : Ulrich Muecke
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004307249
Total Pages : 7913 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Diary of Heinrich Witt (10 vols.) written by Ulrich Muecke and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 7913 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The diary of Heinrich Witt (1799-1892) is the most extensive private diary written in Latin America known to us today. Written in English by a German migrant who lived in Lima, it is a unique source for the history of Peru, and for international trade and migration.

The Travel Diaries of Albert Einstein

Author : Albert Einstein
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069124250X
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book The Travel Diaries of Albert Einstein written by Albert Einstein and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A marvelously annotated and illustrated edition of Einstein’s South America travel diary In the spring of 1925, Albert Einstein embarked on an extensive lecture tour of Argentina before continuing on to Uruguay and Brazil. In his travel diary, the preeminent scientist and humanitarian icon recorded his immediate impressions and broader reflections on the people he encountered and the locations he visited. Some of the most confounding passages reveal his uncensored views on his host nations. This edition makes available the complete journal Einstein kept on his three-month journey. In these remarkable pages, Einstein enthuses about the stunning vistas of lush vegetation in Rio de Janeiro. His flight in the skies over Buenos Aires thrills him, and he enjoys the cozy atmosphere of Montevideo. He expresses genuine admiration for the Uruguayans, harsh condescension toward the Argentinians, and ambivalent affection for the Brazilians. The illustrious visitor seeks calm refuge on the long ocean voyages, far from the madding crowds of Europe, but the grueling lecture schedule and the adoration of the local masses exhaust him. This edition features stunning facsimiles of the diary’s pages accompanied by an English translation, an extensive historical introduction, numerous illustrations, and editorial annotations. Supplementary materials include letters, postcards, statements, and speeches as well as a chronology, a bibliography, and an index.

The Andes

Author : Jason Wilson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195386361
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The Andes written by Jason Wilson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-09-03 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jason Wilson explores the 5,000-mile chain of volcanoes, deep valleys, and upland plains, revealing the Andes' mystery, inaccessibility, and power through the insights of chroniclers, scientists, and modern-day novelists.

Pop Culture Latin America!

Author : Lisa Shaw
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1851095098
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Pop Culture Latin America! written by Lisa Shaw and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-01-14 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of contemporary Latin American popular culture, covering topics that range from music and film to popular festivals and fashion. Like no other volume of its kind, Pop Culture Latin America! captures the breadth and vitality of pop culture in Central and South America and the Caribbean, exploring both familiar and lesser-known aspects of its unique melange of art, entertainment, spirituality, and celebrations. Written by contributors who are scholars and specialists in the cultures and languages of Latin America, the book focuses on the historical, social, and political forces that have shaped Latino culture since 1945, particularly in the last two decades. Separate chapters cover music, popular cinema, mass media, theater and performance, literature, cultural heroes, religions and festivals, social movements and politics, the visual arts and architecture, sports and leisure, travel and tourism, and language.

Sherwood Anderson's Pan-American Vision

Author : Celia Catalina Esplugas
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476669147
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Sherwood Anderson's Pan-American Vision written by Celia Catalina Esplugas and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on an analysis of Sherwood Anderson's letters, this study explores the novelist's principal inspiration during his final years (1938-1941): his exposure to Latin America. Thematically arranged correspondence traces his positive reception in South America--a place he saw as a source of fresh ideas and publishing opportunities--his desire to promote cultural relations between the two Americas, and his legacy among Spanish-speaking readers. The author discusses the political and economic climates of mid-20th century South American nations, their emerging liberal ideologies and the concerns Latin American readers had regarding societal upheaval, urbanization and the inequities of capitalism--all vividly depicted in Anderson's works.

The Forrestal Diaries

Author : James Forrestal
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786256932
Total Pages : 869 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book The Forrestal Diaries written by James Forrestal and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 869 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Vincent Forrestal (1892-1949) was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense. These fascinating diaries begin in 1944 shortly after James Forrestal became Secretary of the Navy, and end with his resignation in March 1949 as America’s first Secretary of Defense. Blunt and forceful, Forrestal reveals the American strategy that he helped shape with verve. Expertly edited by seasoned historian Walter Millis, the American high command as is seen in a rare light as the Second World War finishes and the Cold War begins and gathers pace.

Eisenhower and Latin America

Author : Stephen G. Rabe
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469619547
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Eisenhower and Latin America written by Stephen G. Rabe and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Rabe's timely book examines President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Latin American policy and assesses the president's actions in light of recent "Eisenhower revisionism." During his first term, Eisenhower paid little attention to Latin America but his objective there was clear: to prevent communism from gaining a foothold. The Eisenhower administration was prepared to cooperate with authoritarian military regimes, but not to fund developmental aid or vigorously promote political democracy. Two events in the second administration convinced Eisenhower that he had underestimated the extent of popular unrest--and thus the potential for Communist inroads: the stoning of Vice-President Richard M. Nixon in Caracas and the radicalization of the Cuban Revolution. He then began to support trade agreements, soft loans, and more strident measures that led to CIA involvement in the Bay of Pigs invasion and plots to assassinate Fidel Castro and Rafael Trujillo. In portraying Eisenhower as a virulent anti-Communist and cold warrior, Rabe challenges the Eisenhower revisionists who view the president as a model of diplomatic restraint.

Roger Casement's Diaries

Author : Roger Sawyer
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1446413330
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (464 download)

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Download or read book Roger Casement's Diaries written by Roger Sawyer and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in Ireland in 1864 Roger Casement acted as British Consul in various parts of Africa (1895-1904) and Brazil (1906-11) where he denounced atrocities among Congolese and Putumayo rubber workers. knighted in 1911, He returned to Ireland, where as an ardent nationalist he attempted to enlist German help for the cause. He was hanged for high treason in London in 1916. A compulsive diary writer, his so-called 'Black' Diaries were finally released into the public domain in 1994. At the time of his trial, these diaries-detailing his promiscuous homosexual activities in Brazil-were used to condemn him and, subsequently, to poison his reputation. Published here for the first time-as are his more public 'White' Diaries of the same year-they not only offer the reader the opportunity to judge their authenticity-still a matter of heated debate-but they also take us deep into the mind of the bravest, most selfless and practical humanitarian of the Edwardian age.