A Cultural History of Latin America
A Cultural History of Latin America
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USDA Cultural History of Latin America brings together chapters from Volumes III, IV, and X of The Cambridge History of Latin America. The essays place Latin American literature, music and visual arts in historical context, from the early nineteenth century through the late twentieth century. Topics include narrative fiction and poetry; indigenous literatures and culture; the development of music, sculpture, painting, mural art, and architecture; and the history of Latin American film. Each chapter is accompanied by a bibliographical essay.
- Places nineteenth- and twentieth-century art in Latin America's historical context
- Covers a wide range of visual arts, including architecture and film
- Detailed discussion of trends in Latin American fiction and poetry
Reviews & endorsements
'The best collaborative history of the region currently available, or likely to be available for a long time to come.' The Times Literary Supplement
'A superb work of reference.' New York Review of Books
'A monument to scholarship … a tremendous awe-inspiring achievement.' Journal of Latin American Studies
Product details
August 1998Paperback
9780521626262
548 pages
230 × 154 × 31 mm
0.745kg
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part I:
- 1. Literature, music and the visual arts, c. 1820–1870
- 2. Literature, music and the visual arts, c. 1870–1930
- Part II:
- 3. Narrative since c. 1920
- 4. Poetry, c. 1920–1950
- 5. Poetry since 1950
- 6. Indigenous literatures
- 7. Music, c. 1920–c. 1980
- 8. Architecture, c. 1920–c. 1980
- 9. Art, c. 1920–c. 1980
- 10. Cinema
- Bibliographic essays.
