Mark Falcoff

A Culture of Its Own

Taking Latin America Seriously

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Produktbeschreibung

A Culture of Its Own: Taking Latin America Seriously presents Mark Falcoff's essays on the region. Many of them are contentious; none of them are dull. He ranges from bilingualism to the cult of Garcia Lorca, from U.S.-Cuban relations to Chile's curious love affair with Germany. On more than one occasion, Falcoff takes aim at American journalism and scholarship, both of which, he argues, have all too often produced a fantasy version of Latin America which reflects our own national narcissism rather than genuine curiosity about the other. Latin America, Falcoff argues, is not merely a geographical extension of the United States, or a kind of downmarket version of the American Southwest. It is a culture all its own, with its own historical memory, sensibility, and worldview. Its achievements -and its miseries-are also its own, not the end-product of policies made by the Pentagon, Wall Street, or the CIA. Falcoff writes about the region with originality, iconoclastic wit, and distinctive literary flair. His volume will interest Latin American specialists, diplomats, and journalists as well as those general readers who think they are not interested in Latin America-or who only suspect they might be, but don't know quite where to start.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9781138507159
• ISBN-10: 1138507156
• Artikelnr.: 52963289

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