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Book SynopsisWinner of the 2020 “Outstanding Academic Title” Award, created by Choice Magazine. In Negotiating Space in Latin America, edited by Patricia Vilches, contributors approach spatial practices from multidisciplinary angles. Drawing on cultural studies, film studies, gender studies, geography, history, literary studies, sociology, tourism, and current events, the volume advances innovative conceptualizations on spatiality and treats subjects that range from nineteenth century-nation formation to twenty-first century social movements. Latin America has endured multiple spatial transformations, which contributors analyze from the perspective of the urban, the rural, the market, and the political body. The essays collected here signal how spatial processes constantly shape societal interactions and illuminate the complex relationships between humans and space, emphasizing the role of spatiality in our actions and perceptions. Contributors: Gail A. Bulman, Ana María Burdach Rudloff, James Craine, Angela N. DeLutis-Eichenberger, Carolina Di Próspero, Gustavo Fares, Jennifer Hayward, Silvia Hirsch, Edward Jackiewicz, Magdalena Maiz-Peña, Lucía Melgar, Silvia Nagy-Zekmi, Luis H. Peña, Jorge Saavedra Utman, Rosa Tapia, Juan de Dios Torralbo Caballero, Tera Trujillo, Patricia Vilches, and Gareth Wood.
Trade Review“[…] this collection comprehensively dissects the concept of space from the perspectives of the political body, the marketplace, the urban, and the rural. Provoking thought and inviting discussion, this energetic bricolage of essays is essential reading for students and scholars who engage with the topic of space broadly, and especially for those with a narrower focus on Latin America.” - S.L. Kwosek, South Carolina State University USA, in CHOICE Vol. 57.10 2020
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Part 1 Introduction Dis/locating Space in Latin America Patricia Vilches Part 2 Reclaiming Space 1 Occupying Space and Time: Enabling Communicative Ecologies for Democracy Jorge Saavedra Utman 2 Reclaiming the Streets: Feminicidio and the Space of Women’s Rights in Mexico Lucía Melgar 3 Urban Renewal and Emerging Spaces for Art and Identity: the Development of Murals in San Martín, Argentina Silvia Hirsch and Carolina Di Próspero 4 Framed: Barrio Yungay and Chilean Immigrants Take Center Stage in Fulgor Gail A. Bulman Part 3 Travels, Spatial Practices and the Market 5 Temporal and Geographical Markers of Civilization in Patricio Guzmán’s El botón de nácar Gareth Wood 6 The Commodification of History and the Spectacle of Tourism Silvia Nagy-Zekmi 7 Differentiated Market Spaces of Lifestyle Migration: a View from Belize Edward Jackiewicz, James Craine and Tera Trujillo 8 Politicization of Space/Spatialization of Politics in Domingo F. Sarmiento’s Argirópolis Gustavo Fares 9 The Star of Chile: Modernity and National Identity in the Contact Zone Ana María Burdach Rudloff and Jennifer Hayward 10 Social Space in Fanny Calderón de la Barca’s Life in Mexico Juan de Dios Torralbo Caballero Part 4 Space and the Body Politic 11 The Body and Incorporeal Signifier of ‘Andrés Bello’, and the 2011 Chilean Student Movement Angela N. DeLutis-Eichenberger 12 Staging Modernity: Reports on the Murder of Delmira Agustini, Cursed Celebrity Magdalena Maiz-Peña and Luis H. Peña 13 Affect, Spectacle, and Horror in Pablo Larraín’s Post Mortem (2010) Rosa Tapia 14 La Moneda in Ruins: the Palace Tomb and Epitaph of Salvador Allende Patricia Vilches Name and Subject Index
