Cultural Politics in Latin America

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Overview

The relations of culture and politics in Latin America have been transformed in recent decades. Cultural Politics in Latin America offers unprecedented insights into this process, with contributions from leading intellectuals and academics working in and outside the region. Chapters range across fields as diverse as music and anthropology, sociology and cultural memory, politics and (post)modern theorizing, economics, communications and cultural globalization, poetry, narrative and drama, and all are contextualized in the extended Introduction in Latin America.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312235215
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	12/02/2000
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)
Lexile:	1460L (what's this?)

About the Author

Anny Brooksbank Jones is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Leeds. Ronaldo Munck is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Liverpool.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Cultural Politics in a Latin American Frame--Anny Brooksbank Jones
• Part I
• Rhythm and Poetry: Politics, Aesthetics and Popular Music in Brazil Since 1960--David Treece
• Political Fables and Aesthetic Renewal--Sergio Chejfec
• Art/Communication/Technicity at Century's End--Jesús Martín Barbero
• Surviving (on) the Soup of Signs: Postmodernism, Politics and Culture in Cuba--Catherine Davies
• Violence in Memory: Translation, Dramatization and Performance of the Past Chile--Catherine Boyle
• Part II
• Politics in the City: The Cultural Dimension--Beatrice Sarlo
• The Ins and Outs of Mapuche Culture in Chile--Sara McFall & Roberto Morales
• Globalization and Culture: Five Approaches to a Single Text--Martín Hopenhayn
• Confronting the Catastrophes of Modernity: The Cultural Sociology of José Joaquín Brunner--Hernán Vidal
• Afterword: Postmodernism, Politics and Culture in Latin America

Editorial Reviews

Professors of Spanish, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, Latin American literature, and international communications, as well as a social policy advisor and a creative writer and critic address questions relating to culture and politics in contemporary Latin America. The volume's eleven contributions discuss topics including politics, aesthetics, and popular music in Brazil since 1960; postmodernism, politics, and culture in Cuba; Mapuche culture in Chile; globalization and culture; and the cultural sociology of Jos<'e> Joaqu<'i>n Brunner. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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