| Beyond Imagined Communities: Reading and Writing the Nation in Nineteenth-Century Latin America Contributor(s): Castro-Klaren, Sara (Editor), Chasteen, John Charles (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0801878535 ISBN-13: 9780801878534 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $27.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2003 Annotation: How did the nationalisms of Latin America's many countries -- elaborated in everything from history and fiction to cookery -- arise from their common backgrounds in the Spanish and Portuguese empires and their similar populations of mixed European, native, and African origins? Beyond Imagined Communities: Reading and Writing the Nation in Nineteenth-Century Latin America, discards one answer and provides a rich collection of others. These essays began as a critique of the argument by Benedict Anderson's highly influential book Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. Anderson traces Latin American nationalisms to local circulation of colonial newspapers and tours of duty of colonial administrators, but this book shows the limited validity of these arguments. Instead, Beyond Imagined Communities shows how more diverse cultural influences shaped Latin American nationalisms. Four historians examine social situations: Franois-Xavier Guerra studies various forms of political communication; Tulio Halpern Donghi, political parties; Sarah C. Chambers, the feminine world of salons; and Andrew Kirkendall, the institutions of higher education that trained the new administrators. Next, four critics examine production of cultural objects: Fernando Unzueta investigates novels; Sara Castro-Klarn, archeology and folklore; Gustavo Verdesio, suppression of unwanted archeological evidence; and Beatriz Gonzlez Stephan, national literary histories and international expositions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Nationalism & Patriotism - History | Modern - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 320.540 |
| LCCN: 2003014646 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.1" W x 8.98" (0.85 lbs) 252 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How did the nationalisms of Latin America's many countries--elaborated in everything from history and fiction to cookery--arise from their common backgrounds in the Spanish and Portuguese empires and their similar populations of mixed European, native, and African origins? Beyond Imagined Communities: Reading and Writing the Nation in Nineteenth-Century Latin America, discards one answer and provides a rich collection of others. These essays began as a critique of the argument by Benedict Anderson's highly influential book Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. Anderson traces Latin American nationalisms to local circulation of colonial newspapers and tours of duty of colonial administrators, but this book shows the limited validity of these arguments. Instead, Beyond Imagined Communities shows how more diverse cultural influences shaped Latin American nationalisms. Four historians examine social situations: Fran ois-Xavier Guerra studies various forms of political communication; Tulio Halper n Donghi, political parties; Sarah C. Chambers, the feminine world of salons; and Andrew Kirkendall, the institutions of higher education that trained the new administrators. Next, four critics examine production of cultural objects: Fernando Unzueta investigates novels; Sara Castro-Klar n, archeology and folklore; Gustavo Verdesio, suppression of unwanted archeological evidence; and Beatriz Gonz lez Stephan, national literary histories and international expositions. |