The Places of History: Regionalism Revisited in Latin America

Published by Duke University Press 1999

The Places of History

Regionalism Revisited in Latin America

Edited by: Doris Sommer

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822398578

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Responding to the pressures of current theoretical trends toward models of cultural globalization, the essays collected here bring a historical focus to literary studies. They suggest that only by exploring the particularities of regional historical cultures can the multiple meanings of American identities be understood.
Representing a broad range of contemporary criticism, this volume features many short essays by the most well-known and respected Latin Americanists, each devoting attention to specific matters of history. The topics range from Incan architecture to Chicano and Nuyorican habitats; from turn of the century Argentine criminology to Caribbean homophobia; from the rhetorics of independence and dictatorship to Mexican ambivalence about opera and Brazil’s move beyond monarchy; and from the precarious survival of Spanish language in Latin America to its paradoxical legacy of enlightenment in the Philippines. Originally published as a special issue of Modern Language Quarterly (June 1996), this expanded edition includes a new introduction by Doris Sommer and a new essay by Vincente Rafael. Viewed together, these essays reveal a cultural richness that is sure to interest literary scholars and Latin Americanists alike.

Contributors. Carlos J. Alonso, Antonio Benítez-Rojo, John Beverley, Debra A. Castillo, Arcadio Diaz-Quiñones, Juan Flores, Mary M. Gaylord, José Limón, Josefina Ludmer, Francine Masiello, Antonio Mazzotti, Walter D. Mignolo, Sylvia Molloy, Mary Louise Pratt, Vincente Rafael, Julio Ramos, Susana Rotker, Roberto Schwarz, Diana Taylor, Nancy Vogeley

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Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and Director of Graduates Studies in Spanish, Harvard University. She is the author of Foundational Fictions: The National Romances of Latin America.

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The Places of History: Regionalism Revisited in Latin America Doris Sommer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
The Corpus Delicti Josefina Ludmer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Overwriting Pinochet: Undoing the Culture of Fear in Chile Mary Louise Pratt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
The Historical Meaning of Cruelty in Machado de Assis Roberto Schwarz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
Linguistic Maps, Literary Geographies, and Cultural Landscapes: Languages, Languaging, and (Trans)nationalism Walter D. Mignolo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
The Lightning Bolt Yields to the Rainbow: Indigenous History and Colonial Semiosis in the Royal Commentaries of El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega Jose Antonio Mazzotti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
The True History of Early Modern Writing in Spanish: Some American Reflections Mary M. Gaylord Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
The Burden of Modernity Carlos J. Alonso Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	94
Salvador Brau: The Paradox of the Autonomista Tradition Arcadio Diaz-Quiiiones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
Nation and Mockery: The Oppositional Writings of Simon Rodriguez Susana Rotker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
Melodrama, Sex, and Nation in Latin America's Fin de Siglo Francine Masiello Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
Italian Opera in Early National Mexico Nancy Vogeley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
The Real Thing (Our Rigoberta) John Beverley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
Reading Loose Women Reading Debra A. Castillo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
"Damnable Iteration": The Traps of Political Spectacle Diana Taylor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
Jose Joaquin Fernandez de Lizardi and the Emergence of the Spanish American Novel as National Project Antonio Benitez-Rojo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Translation and Revenge: Castilian and the Origins of Nationalism in the Philippines Vicente L. Rafael Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
Mexicans, Foundational Fictions, and the United States: Caballero, a Late Border Romance Jose E. Limón Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
The Repose of Heroes Julio Ramos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
His America, Our America: Jose Marti Reads Whitman Sylvia Molloy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	262
Broken English Memories Juan Flores Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	274
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Pages
- Main content: 320
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- Other: 5 b&w photographs, 3 figures

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Published: May 14, 1999
ISBN: 9780822398578