Description |
xix, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-274) and index. |
Contents |
Paradise subverted: the invention of the Mexican character / Roger Bartra -- Between Sade and the savage: Octavio Paz's Aztecs / Amaryll Chanady -- Under the shadow of God: roots of primitivism in early colonial Mexico / Delia Annunziata Cosentino -- Of Alebrijes and Ocumichos: some myths about folk art and Mexican identity / Eli Bartra -- Primitive borders: cultural identity and ethnic cleansing in the Dominican Republic / Fernando Valerio-Holguín -- Dialectics of archaism and modernity: technique and primitivism in Angel Rama's Transculturación narrativa en América Latina / José Eduardo González -- Narrative primitivism: theory and practice in Latin America / Erik Camayd-Freixas -- Narrating the other: Julio Cortázar's "Axolotl" as ethnographic allegory / R. Lane Kauffmann -- Jungle fever: primitivism in environmentalism; Rómulo Gallegos's Canaima and the romance of the jungle / Jorge Marcone -- Primitivism and cultural production: future's memory; native people's voices in Latin American society / Ivete Lara Camargos Walty -- Primitive bodies in Latin American cinema: Nicolás Echevarría's Cabeza de Vaca / Luis Fernando Restrepo -- Subliminal body: shamanism, ancient theater, and ethnodrama / Gabriel Weisz -- Primitivist construction of identity in the work of Frida Kahlo / Wendy B. Faris -- Mi andina y dulce Rita: women, indigenism, and the avant-garde in César Vallejo / Tace Megan Hedrick. |
Summary |
"Examining such subjects as Julio Cortazar and Frida Kahlo and such topics as folk art and cinema, the volume brings together for the first time the views of scholars who are currently engaging the task of cultural studies from the standpoint of primitivism. These varied contributions include analyses of Latin American art in relation to social issues, popular culture, and official cultural policy; essays in cultural criticism touching on ethnic identity, racial politics, women's issues, and conflictive modernity; and analytical studies of primitivism's impact on narrative theory and practice, film, theater, and poetry."--BOOK JACKET. |
Provenance |
Ludmila Kapschutschenko-Schmitt Memorial Collection |
Subject |
Spanish American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Spanish American fiction. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Primitivism in literature.
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Primitivism in literature. |
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Latin America -- Civilization.
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Latin America. |
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Civilization. |
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Primitivism -- Latin America.
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Primitivism. |
Added Author |
Camayd-Freixas, Erik.
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González, José Eduardo.
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Added Title |
Primitivism & identity in Latin America |
ISBN |
0816520453 alkaline paper |
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9780816520459 alkaline paper |
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