{"product_id":"postmodernity-in-latin-america-9780822315209","title":"Postmodernity in Latin America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContests the prevailing understanding of the relationship between postmodernity and Latin America by focusing on developments in Latin American, and particularly Argentine, political and literary culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Colás dares enter the postmodernism debate and ably takes on its leading thinkers. Not only literary critics and theoreticians, but historians, political scientists, and sociologists, too, will have to cite this study as an informed and solidly grounded foray into their respective disciplines.\"—Jonathan Tittler, Cornell University\u003cbr\u003e\"Santiago Colás’s book is one of the most richly nuanced contributions to the ‘postmodernism in Latin America’ debate yet to appear.\"—Neil Larsen, Northeastern University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e 1. Resisting Postmodernity 1\u003cbr\u003e I. Latin American Modernity 21\u003cbr\u003e 2. Beyond Western Modernity? \u003ci\u003eRayuela\u003c\/i\u003e as Critique 23\u003cbr\u003e 3. Toward a Latin American Modernity: \u003ci\u003eRayuela\u003c\/i\u003e, the Cuban Revolution, and the Leap 50\u003cbr\u003e 4. Latin American Modernity in Crisis: \u003ci\u003eEl beso de la mujer arana\u003c\/i\u003e and the Argentine National Left 76\u003cbr\u003e 5. Beyond Valentin's Dream: From the Crisis of Latin American Modernity 100\u003cbr\u003e II. Argentine Postmodernity 119\u003cbr\u003e 6. Resu\u003ci\u003ecita\u003c\/i\u003etating History in \u003ci\u003eRespiracion artificial\u003c\/i\u003e 121\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Importance of Writing History; or, On Louis Bonaparte and Juan Peron 149\u003cbr\u003e III. Conclusion 159\u003cbr\u003e 8. Speculations Toward Articulating Latin American Postmodernities 161\u003cbr\u003e Notes 173\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 201\u003cbr\u003e Index 221","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406015045975,"sku":"9780822315209","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822315209.jpg?v=1730494248","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/postmodernity-in-latin-america-9780822315209","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}