Mark Falcoff

A Culture of Its Own

Taking Latin America Seriously

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Produktbeschreibung

These essays on Latin America range from bilingualism to the cult of Garcia lorcha, from US-Cuban relations to Chile's curious love affair with Germany. The author argues that the region has a culture all its own, with its own historical memory, sensibility, and worldview.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 158mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 667g
• ISBN-13: 9781560003618
• ISBN-10: 1560003618
• Artikelnr.: 21421773

Autorenporträt

Mark Falcoff

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Ideas and Ideologies 1. Was 1492 a Mistake? Did
Columbus Go Too Far? 2. Beyond Bilingualism 3. The Only Hope for Latin
America 4. Literature and Politics in Latin America 5. Orphans of Utopia
Part II: Pictures from an Exhibition 6. "An aristocrat in the public
square": Jose Ortega y Gasset 7. Victoria Ocampo's Sur 8. Garcia Lorca and
His Times 9. Gerald Brenan 10. Carlos Fuentes Discovers America 11. The
Doleful Legacy of Carlton Beals Part III: Cubans, Americans, and
Cuban-Americans 12. U.S.-Cuban Relations: Back to the Beginning 13.
America's Culture Wars and the Cuban Revolution 14. The Cuba in Our Mind
15. The Other Cuba 16. Why the Latins Still Love Fidel Part IV: Argentine
Hours 17. Orange Juice with General Perón: A Memoir 18. Between Two Fires:
Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Argentina, 1970-1983 19. The Falklands
Conflict Revisited Part V: Latins and Europeans 20. The Strange Case of
Erich Honecker 21. Franco, Trujillo, and the CIA 22. Why the Europeans
Support the Sandinistas