Reading North by South : On Latin American Literature, Culture, and Politics.

Concerned with misleading interpretations of literature and culture that dominate Latin American studies, Larsen proposes the need for a freshly conceived historical materialist approach to Latin American texts and cultural practices. He provides insightful commentaries on political discourses, cult...

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Main Author: Larsen, Neil
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1995.
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Summary:Concerned with misleading interpretations of literature and culture that dominate Latin American studies, Larsen proposes the need for a freshly conceived historical materialist approach to Latin American texts and cultural practices. He provides insightful commentaries on political discourses, cultural events, films, and literary texts, as he draws upon a wide diversity of texts written in Portuguese, Spanish and English.
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-226) and index.
ISBN:9780816686414
0816686416
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.