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Erik Ching - Reframing Latin America - 9780292717503 - V9780292717503
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Reframing Latin America

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Description for Reframing Latin America Paperback. Providing an introduction to cultural studies, regardless of chronological or geographic focus, and presenting various readings from Latin American writers, this book brings the concepts of cultural studies and postmodernism. It guides readers through five identity constructs, including nation, race, and gender. Num Pages: 368 pages, 19 b&w illus., 2 line drawings, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.

Providing an extensive introduction to cultural studies in general, regardless of chronological or geographic focus, and presenting provocative, essential readings from Latin American writers of the last two centuries, Reframing Latin America brings much-needed accessibility to the concepts of cultural studies and postmodernism.

From Saussure to semiotics, the authors begin by demystifying terminology, then guide readers through five identity constructs, including nation, race, and gender. The readings that follow are presented with insightful commentary and encompass such themes as "Civilized Folk Marry the Barbarians" (including José Martí's "Our America") and "Boom Goes the Literature: Magical Realism as the ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9780292717503
SKU
V9780292717503
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About Erik Ching
The authors are faculty members at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. Erik Ching is Associate Professor of History; Christina Buckley and Angélica Lozano-Alonso are Associate Professors of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.

Reviews for Reframing Latin America
"An excellent resource, explicitly designed for use in undergraduate courses in Latin American historical, literary, and/or cultural studies. This text is significantly, and laudably, more ambitious than a traditional anthology, for the authors, who have team-taught a course based on these materials for a number of years, have also formulated a systematic pedagogical approach to the shift from modernism to ... Read more

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