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Dance in the Cemetery
William W. Stein
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Description for Dance in the Cemetery
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
This is a biographical study of Jose Carlos Mariategui, one of Latin America's greatest literary figures, which is organized around the Lima scandal of 1917. At the time he was a young journalist of 23, an autodidact intellectual with an insurrectionary character. The scandal erupted when he led a small group to the General Cemetery where a dancer gave her interpretation of Chopin's Funeral March. Although the participants wished to have an artistic experience, the reaction of the Lima elite was negative: the performance was viewed in terms of "lewdness" and "desecration," the participants were arrested, placed in prison, their ... Read more
This is a biographical study of Jose Carlos Mariategui, one of Latin America's greatest literary figures, which is organized around the Lima scandal of 1917. At the time he was a young journalist of 23, an autodidact intellectual with an insurrectionary character. The scandal erupted when he led a small group to the General Cemetery where a dancer gave her interpretation of Chopin's Funeral March. Although the participants wished to have an artistic experience, the reaction of the Lima elite was negative: the performance was viewed in terms of "lewdness" and "desecration," the participants were arrested, placed in prison, their ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761807384
SKU
V9780761807384
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About William W. Stein
William W. Stein is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Reviews for Dance in the Cemetery
"William Stein has contributed significantly to our understanding of this important twentieth-century intellectual. All students of the intellectual history of Latin America will find this volume useful."
Vincent C. Peloso, Howard University
The Americas: A Quarterly Review of Latin American History
Vincent C. Peloso, Howard University
The Americas: A Quarterly Review of Latin American History