Title: The postmodern in Latin and Latino American cultural narratives : collected essays and interviews /
Authors: Ferman, Claudia, 1953-
Publisher: Garland Publishing,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Postmodernism (Literature) Latin America; Latin American literature History and criticism.; Pan-Americanism.; Interviews Latin America.; Postmodernism Latin America.; Latin America Civilization Philosophy.
Abstract: "Collection of essays reaffirms that the debate over postmodernity in Latin America is alive and well. The book mixes a series of essays with interviews by well-known scholars working in Latin America and the US. Topics range from cultural esthetics to globalization"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Contents: In Chile. Cultural Alterity and Decentering / Nelly Richard -- In Colombia. Communication and Modernity in Latin America / Jesus Martin-Barbero -- In Mexico. Mexican Oficio: The Miseries and Splendors of Culture / Roger Bartra -- In Brazil. Lousy Poetry, Worse Society / Iumna Maria Simon and Vinicius Dantas -- In Buenos Aires. In Defence of Modernity: Its Utopian Idea, Its Revolution Memory and Its Cultural Criticism. An Interview with Nicolas Casullo / Claudia Ferman -- In Mexico City. From Southern Acculturation to North American Cultural Trade. An Interview with Roger Bartra / Claudia Ferman. Words from Uncertainty. An Interview with Jorge Juanes / Claudia Ferman -- On The Caribbean. The Repeating Island: The Caribbean and the Postmodern Perspective / Antonio Benitez-Rojo -- On Brazil -- Mexico -- The U.S. Latino. Tupinicopolis: The City of Retro-Futuristic Indians / Celeste Olalquiaga -- On Cuba. Intertextuality as Differance in Julieta Campos' El miedo de perder a Euridice: A Symptomatic Case of Latin American Postmodernism / Cynthia M. Tompkins -- On Nicaragua. Gioconda Belli: The Magic and/of Eroticism / Arturo Arias -- On What We Do. Impurity and the Cultures of Democracy in Latin America / Santiago Colas. On What We Do: Postmodernism and Cultural Studies / John Beverley.