Latin American Studies: Social Sciences and Law
Readers and Writers in Cuba: A Social History of Print Culture, l830s-l990s
1st Edition
By Pamela Maria Smorkaloff
June 01, 1997
This study examines the evolution of Cuban literature and culture from its origins in the 19th century to the present. The early sections analyze the relationship between literary production and universities, the printing press, the abolitionist movement and the exile community from 1810 through ...
Literatura chicana, 1965-1995: An Anthology in Spanish, English, and Calo
1st Edition
Edited
By Manuel de Jesus Hernandez Gutierrez, David Foster
March 01, 1997
Illuminates major themes and artistic visions The only comprehensive anthology of Chicano literature, this work charts the rise and evolution of contemporary Mexican American writing in the context of its major themes: the search for identity, feminism, conservatism, revisionism, homoeroticism, and...
The Postmodern in Latin and Latino American Cultural Narratives: Collected Essays and Interviews
1st Edition
Edited
By Claudia Ferman, Claudia Ferman
September 01, 1996
This volume of new and reprinted articles, many translated here into English for the first time, examines the conditions, characteristics, and implications of the debate on Latin American Postmodernism, presenting an up-to-date rendering of its crucial issues. Special considerations are given to ...
The Jewish Diaspora in Latin America: New Studies on History and Literature
1st Edition
Edited
By David Sheinin, Lois Baer Barr
June 01, 1996
A current and comprehensive collection of articles on the Jewish presence in Latin America, this multidisciplinary volume draws on the research and analysis of some of the most prominent scholars in Latin American Jewish Studies from the United States, Canada, Israel, Mexico, and Argentina. These ...
Magic Realism: Social Context and Discourse
1st Edition
By Maria-Elena Angulo
August 01, 1995
Since the 1930s, Latin American writers have used magic realism to transcend the limits of the fantastic and illuminate social problems within the culture. The author considers five modern Latin American novels. Starting with two canonical texts of magic realism, Alejo Carpentier's El reino de este...