On Alejo Carpentier, The Kingdom of This World
Channel: Exploring Hispanic Studies
Date: 2023-04-12

A conversation for SPAN 312 about Alejo Carpentier's novel of the Haitian Revolution, The Kingdom of This World. With Luis Duno-Gottberg and Jon Beasley-Murray.

For more details, see https://span312.arts.ubc.ca/.

00:00 Introduction
01:03 Music and History
03:10 Latin American Difference
08:06 Unpacking Mestizaje
11:52 Ti Noël's Saga
17:17 An End to Flight
21:37 The Value of Struggle
26:04 Carpentier's Legacy
28:37 Credits

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