Reframing Latin America A Cultural Theory Reading of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Name: Reframing Latin America A Cultural Theory Reading of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
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ISBN: 9780292717503

ISBN-10: 0292717504

ISBN-13: 9780292717503

Edition: 2007

Authors: Erik Ching, Christina Buckley, Angï¿½lica Lozano-Alonso, Angï¿½lica Lozano-Alonso

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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 Joseacute; Martiacute;'s "Our America") and "Boom Goes the…

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 9/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Erik Ching is Associate Professor of History at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina.

Christina Buckley is Associate Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina.

Angï¿½lica Lozano-Alonso is Associate Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages and Literaturesat Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina.



What Are We Doing and Why Are We Doing It?


A Preface


Acknowledgments



Introduction(s)



Post What?! (Not) An Abbreviated Introduction



Saussure, Signs, and Semiotics, or Lots of Words That Begin with S



Narrating about Narrative



Theory



An Opening Jaunt: El Salvador in 1923 Harry Foster, ""A Gringo in Mantilde;ana-land""



Be Here (or There) Now Stuart Hall, ""Ethnicity: Identity and Difference""



Identity Construct #1: Race Lawrence Blum, I'm Not a Racis