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The Postmodernism Debate in Latin America /

Postmodernism may seem a particularly inappropriate term when used in conjunction with a region that is usually thought of as having only recently, and then unevenly, acceded to modernity. Yet in the last several years the concept has risen to the top of the agenda of cultural and political debate i...

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Otros Autores: Oviedo, Jose (Editor ), Aronna, Michael (Editor ), Beverley, John (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 1995.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Postmodernism may seem a particularly inappropriate term when used in conjunction with a region that is usually thought of as having only recently, and then unevenly, acceded to modernity. Yet in the last several years the concept has risen to the top of the agenda of cultural and political debate in Latin America. This collection explores the Latin American engagement with postmodernism, less to present a regional variant of the concept than to situate it in a transnational framework. Recognizing that postmodernism in Latin America can only inaccurately be thought of as having travele.
Notas:"The text of this book was originally published as volume 20, number 3 of Boundary 2: an international journal of literature and culture, with the exception of the following additional material: Neil Larsen, "Postmodernism and imperialism"; María Milagros López, "Postwork society and postmodern subjectivities"; Raquel Olea, "Feminism: modern or postmodern?"; Roberto Schwarz, "National by imitation"; and The declaration from the Lacandon Jungle by the Zapatista National Liberation Army"--Title page verso
"A Boundary 2 book."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (333 pages).
ISBN:9780822382683