Power, place and representation
Subtitle: contested sites of dependence and independence in Latin America
By: [edited by] Bill Richardson and Lorraine Kelly
Series: Hispanic studies: Culture and ideas -- 45
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9783034307109
Subjects: Politics and government; Social conditions; Intellectual life
Description: Questions about dependence and independence are of crucial importance in relation to Latin America, given the region's history and its current situation. They are particularly relevant at this time, with the bicentenary of independence being celebrated throughout the region. This book examines central issues relating to these two notions in the Latin American context, offering twelve different studies of the themes in question, six of which cover sociology and politics and six of which examine topics in literary and cultural studies. The breadth of the subject matter considered in the volume reflects the wide range of issues that the ideas of dependence and independence raise in this political and geographical context, including, among others: identity, hegemony, wealth and poverty, discursive power, the role of civil society, language and gender. The contributors offer new insights into the fields examined, from discussions of the significance of cultural products such as literary works and films to a consideration of the validity of the concept of independence to ongoing efforts to alleviate poverty and assert national autonomy. As a uniquely interdisciplinary and multi-focused collection of essays, the book offers readers an excellent overview of these issues as they relate to Latin America today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: La segunda independencia : nationalist nostalgia or twenty-first-century socialism? / Ronaldo Munck; title: Bolívar's dream of Spanish American unity : is the "New Left" finally realizing It? / Peadar Kirby; title: States of (in)dependence? : democratization and citizenship during Latin America's "Left Decade", 2000-2010 / Barry Canon; title: The Mexican Revolution 100 years on : is it over? / Kathy Powell; title: Overcoming dependency and reducing poverty in Bolivia, Honduras and Nicaragua / Sarah Hunt; title: A singular plurality? : language and education issues in Bolivia / Mel Boland; title: Gendered interpretations of independence poetry : Mexico and Peru, 1820-1822 / Catherine Davies; title: Gender, corruption and independence in Roberto Sneider's film adaptation of Arráncame la vida / Lorraine Kelly; title: Interpreting independence in Latin American cinema today : the digital option / Armida de la Garza; title: Independent cinema and globalization : the case of Paraguay / Catherine Leen; title: Space and the Argentine Republic : two Lefebvrian itineraries through the fiction of Ricardo Piglia / David Conlon; title: Jorges Luis Borges and the production of (independent) space / Bill Richardson.