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UNINA9910967801003321 |
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Autore |
Franco Jean |
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The decline and fall of the lettered city : Latin America in the Cold War / / Jean Franco |
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Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2002 |
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9780674263574 |
067426357X |
9780674037175 |
0674037170 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Latin American literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
Literature and society - Latin America |
Latin America Civilization 1948- |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Conflicting Universals -- 1. Killing Them Softly: The ColdWar and Culture -- 2. Communist Manifestos -- 3. Liberated Territories -- II. Peripheral Fantasies -- 4. Antistates -- 5. The Black Angel of Lost Time -- 6. The Magic of Alterity -- III. A Cultural Revolution -- 7. Cultural Revolutions: Trouble in the City -- 8. The Seduction of Margins -- 9. Bodies in Distress: Narratives of Globalization -- 10. Obstinate Memory: Tainted History -- 11. Inside the Empire -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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The cultural Cold War in Latin America was waged as a war of values--artistic freedom versus communitarianism, Western values versus national cultures, the autonomy of art versus a commitment to liberation struggles--and at a time when the prestige of literature had never been higher. The projects of the historic avant-garde were revitalized by an anti-capitalist ethos and envisaged as the opposite of the republican state. The Decline and Fall of the Lettered City charts the conflicting universals of this period, the clash between avant-garde and political vanguard. This was also a twilight of literature at the threshold of the great cultural revolution of the seventies and eighties, a |
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revolution to which the Cold War indirectly contributed. In the eighties, civil war and military rule, together with the rapid development of mass culture and communication empires, changed the political and cultural map. A long-awaited work by an eminent Latin Americanist widely read throughout the world, this book will prove indispensable to anyone hoping to understand Latin American literature and society. Jean Franco guides the reader across minefields of cultural debate and histories of highly polarized struggle. Focusing on literary texts by García Marquez, Vargas Llosa, Roa Bastos, and Juan Carlos Onetti, conducting us through this contested history with the authority of an eyewitness, Franco gives us an engaging overview as involving as it is moving. |
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UNINA9910973869203321 |
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Autore |
Gillespie Andra |
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Race and the Obama Administration : Substance, symbols and hope / / Andra Gillespie |
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Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , [2019] |
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©2019 |
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9781526105035 |
1526105039 |
9781526155177 |
1526155176 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 237 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Relations interethniques - États-Unis - 21e siecle |
Noirs américains - Conditions economiques - 21e siecle |
Noirs américains - Conditions sociales - 21e siecle |
Politique et gouvernement - États-Unis - 2009-2017 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliogr. p. 208-230. Index. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-230) and index. |
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Front matter -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: My president was black So what? -- The triple bind -- How he did: The racial successes, failures, |
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and impact of the Obama presidency -- Was Obama a paddling duck?: Seven vignettes of substantive politics in the Obama Administration -- The right person saying the right thing: Descriptive representation and rhetoric in the Obama Administration -- The political power of symbolic representation: Artistic performances and commencement speeches from... -- The substance of hope: Public opinion and black attitudes toward the Obama presidency -- Conclusion: Was it worth it? -- Epilogue: Considering the Obama legacy in the age of Trump -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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"The election of Barack Obama marked a critical point in American political and social history. Did the historic election of a black president actually change the status of blacks in the United States? Did these changes (or lack thereof) inform blacks' perceptions of the President? This book explores these questions by comparing Obama's promotion of substantive and symbolic initiatives for blacks to efforts by the two previous presidential administrations. By employing a comparative analysis, the reader can judge whether Obama did more or less to promote black interests than his predecessors. Taking a more empirical approach to judging Barack Obama, this book hopes to contribute to current debates about the significance of the first African American presidency. It takes care to make distinctions between Obama's substantive and symbolic accomplishments and to explore the significance of both" (ed.). |
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