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The Pan American Imagination: Contested Visions of the Hemisphere in Twentieth-Century Literature
Stephen M. Park
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Description for The Pan American Imagination: Contested Visions of the Hemisphere in Twentieth-Century Literature
hardcover. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
In the history of the early twentieth-century Americas, visions of hemispheric unity flourished, and the notion of a transnational American identity was embraced by artists, intellectuals, and government institutions. In The Pan American Imagination, Stephen Park explores the work of several Pan American modernists who challenged the body of knowledge being produced about Latin America, crossing the disciplinary boundaries of academia as well as the formal boundaries of artistic expression - from literary texts and travel writing to photography, painting, and dance. Park invests in an interdisciplinary approach, which he frames as a politically resistant intellectual practice, using it not ... Read more
In the history of the early twentieth-century Americas, visions of hemispheric unity flourished, and the notion of a transnational American identity was embraced by artists, intellectuals, and government institutions. In The Pan American Imagination, Stephen Park explores the work of several Pan American modernists who challenged the body of knowledge being produced about Latin America, crossing the disciplinary boundaries of academia as well as the formal boundaries of artistic expression - from literary texts and travel writing to photography, painting, and dance. Park invests in an interdisciplinary approach, which he frames as a politically resistant intellectual practice, using it not ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
New World Studies
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813936659
SKU
V9780813936659
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About Stephen M. Park
Stephen M. Park is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Texas at Brownsville, USA.
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