The Decline and Fall of the Lettered City : Latin America in the Cold War.
Franco, Jean.
The Decline and Fall of the Lettered City : Latin America in the Cold War. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (353 pages) - Convergences: Inventories of the Present Series . - Convergences: Inventories of the Present Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Conflicting Universals -- 1. Killing Them Softly: The Cold War 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.
The cultural Cold War in Latin America was waged as a war of values. This book charts the conflicting universals of this period, the clash between avant-garde and political vanguard.
9780674037175
Latin American literature-20th century-History and criticism.
Literature and society-Latin America.
Latin America-Civilization-1948-.
Electronic books.
PQ7081
860.9/98/09045
The Decline and Fall of the Lettered City : Latin America in the Cold War. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (353 pages) - Convergences: Inventories of the Present Series . - Convergences: Inventories of the Present Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Conflicting Universals -- 1. Killing Them Softly: The Cold War 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.
The cultural Cold War in Latin America was waged as a war of values. This book charts the conflicting universals of this period, the clash between avant-garde and political vanguard.
9780674037175
Latin American literature-20th century-History and criticism.
Literature and society-Latin America.
Latin America-Civilization-1948-.
Electronic books.
PQ7081
860.9/98/09045