Title Divergent modernities : culture and politics in 19th century Latin America / Julio Ramos ; translated by John D. Blanco ; foreword by José David Saldivar

Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (xlvi, 328 pages) Series Post-contemporary interventions Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução Post-contemporary interventions. Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução. e-Duke books scholarly collection. Contents The other's knowledge: writing and orality in Sarmiento's Facundo -- Knowledge-(as)-said: language and politics in Andrés Bello -- Fragmentation of the republic of letters -- Limits of autonomy: journalism and literature -- Decorating the city: the chronicle and urban experience -- Machinations: literature and technology -- "This cardboard tabloid life": literature and the masses -- Culturalism and Latinoamericanismo -- "Nuestra América": the art of good governance -- The repose of heroes: on poetry and war in José Martí -- Migratories -- Appendixes: Translations of three texts by José Martí : Our America ; Prologue to Poema del Niágara ; Coney Island Summary A classic work, now available in English for the first time, that examines major intellectual figures including Sarmiento, Bello and Marti and the interrelations of literature, history, and nation-building in the origins of Latin American modernism in the Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Spanish American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Politics and literature -- Latin America -- History -- 19th century LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Spanish & Portuguese. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory. Politics and literature. Spanish American literature. Latin America. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780822381099 0822381095 0822319810 9780822319818

Other Titles Desencuentros de la modernidad en América Latina. English

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