The Latin Americanist

Author : Heather J. Allen,Andrew R. Reynolds
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780816537716

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Latin American Textualities by Heather J. Allen,Andrew R. Reynolds Pdf

Textuality is the condition in which a text is created, edited, archived, published, disseminated, and consumed. “Texts,” therefore, encompass a broad variety of artifacts: traditional printed matter such as grammar books and newspaper articles; phonographs; graphic novels; ephemera such as fashion illustrations, catalogs, and postcards; and even virtual databases and cataloging systems.\ Latin American Textualities is a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary look at textual history, textual artifacts, and digital textualities across Latin America from the colonial era to the present. Editors Heather J. Allen and Andrew R. Reynolds gather a wide range of scholars to investigate the region’s textual scholarship. Contributors offer engaging examples of not just artifacts but also the contexts in which the texts are used. Topics include Guamán Poma’s library, the effect of sound recordings on writing in Argentina, Sudamericana Publishing House’s contribution to the Latin American literary boom, and Argentine science fiction. Latin American Textualities provides new paths to reading Latin American history, culture, and literatures. Contributors: Heather J. Allen Catalina Andrango-Walker Sam Carter Sara Castro-Klarén Edward King Rebecca Kosick Silvia Kurlat Ares Walther Maradiegue Clayton McCarl José Enrique Navarro Andrew R. Reynolds George Antony Thomas Zac Zimmer

Author : Juan Pablo Luna,Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781421413914

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The Resilience of the Latin American Right by Juan Pablo Luna,Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser Pdf

This comparative study of Latin American conservative politics over the past twenty years analyzes right-of-center actors, electoral movements, parties, and economic policy dynamics. Since the late 1990s, when Latin American countries began making a “turn to the left,” political parties and candidates on the right end of the partisan spectrum have had a difficult time achieving electoral success. Although the left turn can be seen as a natural reaction to the public’s general dissatisfaction with the conservative modernization policies of the 1980s and 1990s, left-of-center politics are by no means permanent. In The Resilience of the Latin American Right, Juan Pablo Luna and Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser seek to “right” this view by explaining the strategies conservative political parties have used to maintain a foothold in the region’s electoral and governance processes. The editors provide an analytical framework for conceptualizing the right that works for both historic and contemporary politics, and the volume’s contributors use the framework to evaluate right-of-center political activity across the continent. They find that conservative forces are pursuing a range of adaptive strategies, including nonelectroral and nonpartisan tactics. The book’s four thematic sections include an analysis of parties and elections in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. Students and scholars of both Latin American politics and comparative politics will find The Resilience of the Latin American Right of vital interest.

Author : Elizabeth Montes Garcés
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781552382097

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Relocating Identities in Latin American Cultures by Elizabeth Montes Garcés Pdf

This collection explores the perpetually changing notion of Latin American identity, particularly as illustrated in literature and other forms of cultural expression. Editor Elizabeth Montes Garcés has gathered contributions from specialists who examine the effects of such major phenomena as migration, globalization, and gender on the construct of Latin American identities, and, as such, are reshaping the traditional understanding of Latin America's cultural history. The contributors to this volume are experts in Latin American literature and culture. Covering a diverse range of genres from poetry to film, their essays explore themes such as feminism, deconstruction, and postcolonial theory as they are reflected in the Latin American cultural milieu.

Author : Gregory Weeks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Latin America
ISBN : 0205648258

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Understanding Latin American Politics by Gregory Weeks Pdf

Provides a comparative analysis of political and economic development in Latin America Understanding Latin American Politics assesses Latin American political and economic development. This title examines the relationships among political, economic, and social factors in Latin America. Reader engagement is increased through the use of contemporary case studies and primary documents.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Latin America
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132699401

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The Latin Americanist by Anonim Pdf

Author : Hernan Galperin,Judith Mariscal
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781552503423

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Digital Poverty by Hernan Galperin,Judith Mariscal Pdf

Examines the problem of inedequate access to information and communication technology (ICT) and the need to develop appropriate pro-poor ICT policies. Shows how market reforms have failed to ensure that the benefits of the Information Society have spread across the region.

Author : Ryan E Carlin,Matthew M Singer,Elizabeth J Zechmeister
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780472052875

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The Latin American Voter by Ryan E Carlin,Matthew M Singer,Elizabeth J Zechmeister Pdf

Public opinion and political behavior experts explore voter choice in Latin America with this follow-up to the 1960 landmark The American Voter

Author : Steven Levitsky,Kenneth M. Roberts
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781421401614

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The Resurgence of the Latin American Left by Steven Levitsky,Kenneth M. Roberts Pdf

Latin America experienced an unprecedented wave of left-leaning governments between 1998 and 2010. This volume examines the causes of this leftward turn and the consequences it carries for the region in the twenty-first century. The Resurgence of the Latin American Left asks three central questions: Why have left-wing parties and candidates flourished in Latin America? How have these leftist parties governed, particularly in terms of social and economic policy? What effects has the rise of the Left had on democracy and development in the region? The book addresses these questions through two sections. The first looks at several major themes regarding the contemporary Latin American Left, including whether Latin American public opinion actually shifted leftward in the 2000s, why the Left won in some countries but not in others, and how the left turn has affected market economies, social welfare, popular participation in politics, and citizenship rights. The second section examines social and economic policy and regime trajectories in eight cases: those of leftist governments in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay, and Venezuela, as well as that of a historically populist party that governed on the right in Peru. Featuring a new typology of Left parties in Latin America, an original framework for identifying and categorizing variation among these governments, and contributions from prominent and influential scholars of Latin American politics, this historical-institutional approach to understanding the region’s left turn—and variation within it—is the most comprehensive explanation to date on the topic.

Author : Horacio Fernández
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1597111899

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The Latin American Photobook by Horacio Fernández Pdf

Compiled with the input of a committee of researchers, scholars, and photographers, 'The Latin American Photobook' presents 150 volumes from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, and Venezuela. It begins with the 1920s and continues up to today.

Author : Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999-07-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780195130850

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The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria Pdf

This collection brings together 53 stories that span the history of Latin American literature and represent the most dazzling achievements in the form. It covers the entire history of Latin American short fiction, from the colonial period to present.

Author : Robert McKee Irwin,Mónica Szurmuk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Culture
ISBN : 0813060877

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Dictionary of Latin American Cultural Studies by Robert McKee Irwin,Mónica Szurmuk Pdf

"A reference work containing 54 entries defining and explaining generally accepted cultural studies terms as well as those specific to the study of Latin American culture"--

Author : Ilan Stavans
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015039899938

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The Oxford Book of Latin American Essays by Ilan Stavans Pdf

An intriguing collection of more than 70 Latin American essays, some never before translated into English, gives us the whole spectrum of concerns that have animated some of the greatest writers of our time--from Andres Bello, Pablo Neruda, and Alfonso Reyes to Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Rosario Ferre--an assembly confident, ingenious, aware.

Author : Ana del Sarto,Alicia Ríos,Abril Trigo
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 834 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0822333406

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The Latin American Cultural Studies Reader by Ana del Sarto,Alicia Ríos,Abril Trigo Pdf

Essays by intellectuals and specialists in Latin American cultural studies that provide a comprehensive view of the specific problems, topics, and methodologies of the field vis-a-vis British and U.S. cultural studies.

Author : Juan F. Gonzalez-Bertomeu,Roberto Gargarella
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317026204

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The Latin American Casebook by Juan F. Gonzalez-Bertomeu,Roberto Gargarella Pdf

Traditionally relegated because of political pressure and public expectations, courts in Latin America are increasingly asserting a stronger role in public and political discussions. This casebook takes account of this phenomenon, by offering a rigorous and up-to-date discussion of constitutional adjudication in Latin America in recent decades. Bringing to the forefront the development of constitutional law by Latin American courts in various subject matters, the volume aims to highlight a host of creative arguments and solutions that judges in the region have offered. The authors review and discuss innovative case law in light of the countries’ social, political and legal context. Each chapter is devoted to a discussion of a particular area of judicial review, from freedom of expression to social and economic rights, from the internalization of human rights law to judicial checks on the economy, from gender and reproductive rights to transitional justice. The book thus provides a very useful tool to scholars, students and litigants alike.

Author : Lucille Kerr,Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola
Publisher : Modern Language Association
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781603291934

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Teaching the Latin American Boom by Lucille Kerr,Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola Pdf

In the decade from the early 1960s to the early 1970s, Latin American authors found themselves writing for a new audience in both Latin America and Spain and in an ideologically charged climate as the Cold War found another focus in the Cuban Revolution. The writers who emerged in this energized cultural moment--among others, Julio Cortázar (Argentina), Guillermo Cabrera Infante (Cuba), José Donoso (Chile), Carlos Fuentes (Mexico), Gabriel García Márquez (Colombia), Manuel Puig (Argentina), and Mario Varas Llosa (Peru)--experimented with narrative forms that sometimes bore a vexed relation to the changing political situations of Latin America. This volume provides a wide range of options for teaching the complexities of the Boom, explores the influence of Boom works and authors, presents different frameworks for thinking about the Boom, proposes ways to approach it in the classroom, and provides resources for selecting materials for courses.