The Cambridge History of Latin America
The Cambridge History of Latin America
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USDThe essays in Volume X discuss the modernist culture of the 1920s in Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico; the renaissance of Latin American philosophy in the 1940s; major trends in Latin American narrative and poetry, including the indigenous literatures and cultures; the work of twentieth-century Latin American composers, architects, and filmmakers; Latin American mass media, including newspapers, magazines, radio and television; and the development of sculpture, painting, and mural art in the twentieth century. As such, this volume will be an important resource for scholars and general readers seeking to understand modern Latin American culture.
- A new volume in the highly acclaimed Cambridge History of Latin America series
- Edited by the distinguished author Dr Leslie Bethell
- There hasn't been a big bibliographical work like this for Latin American history for some years
Reviews & endorsements
"Volume 10 of the Cambridge History of Latin America merits the acclaim that greeted its forerunners… this volume is state-of-the-art…substantial and impressive achievements." - Bulletin of Latin American Research
"…brings close to completion a project that has already succeeded in providing the most authoritative overview of the current state of Latin American historiography." - Journal of Latin American Studies
"Volume 10 of the Cambridge History of Latin America crowns a remarkable historiographical achievement: the best scholarship available in English on Latin America from pre-Columbian times to the present by and international team of scholars.... an enduring testament to the maturity and continued vitality of the field of Latin American history.... All the essays are of outstanding quality.... provides a wealth of information about Latin American cultures but also, because of its focus on cultural identity in relation to modernity.... a useful criterion for understanding the internal dynamics of cultural expression in twentieth-century Latin America. This is a welcome ending to a monumental contribution to the field." - Hispanic American Historical Review
Product details
October 1995Hardback
9780521495943
652 pages
234 × 156 × 40 mm
1kg
Available
Table of Contents
- General preface
- Preface to Volume X
- 1. The multiverse of Latin American identity, c. 1920–c. 1970
- 2. Latin American narrative since c. 1920
- 3. Latin American poetry, c. 1920–1950
- 4. Latin American poetry since 1950
- 5. Indigenous literatures and cultures in twentieth-century Latin America
- 6. Latin American music, c. 1920–c. 1980
- 7. Latin American architecture since c. 1920
- 8. Latin American art since c. 1920
- 9. Latin American cinema
- 10. Mass communications in Latin America
- Bibliographical essays
- Index.
