Latin American history through its art and literature / Jack Child.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780761852827
- ISBN: 0761852824
- Physical Description: 267 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Edition: 2nd ed.
- Publisher: Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, ©2010.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The geographic setting -- The pre-Columbian period : overview and the Maya -- The Aztecs and the Incas -- The encounter -- The conquest of Mexico -- The conquest of Peru and Chile -- The indigenous perspective and "the defender of the Indians" -- The colonial baroque -- Independence and neoclassicism -- Neoclassicism : forging the new nations -- Civilization and barbarism -- Romanticism -- Costumbrismo -- Positivism, realism, naturalism -- Modernismo -- The U.S. emerges -- The Mexican revolution -- Early 20th century nationalism, ethnic relationships, role of women -- Guatemalan reform/revolution -- The Cuban revolution; Che Guevara -- Central America : conflict and peace |
Summary, etc.: | "Uses 2,000 years of Latin American history as the organizing theme, and then explores that history through the words of the writer, the brush of the painter, the pen of the cartoonist, and the lens of the photographer."--Page 4 of cover. |
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Latin American History Through Its Art and Literature
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Latin American History Through Its Art and Literature
Latin American History through its Art and Literature uses 2,000 years of Latin American history as the organizing theme, and then explores that history through the words of the writer, the brush of the painter, the pen of the cartoonist, and the lens of the photographer. Child includes the Latin (Spanish/Portuguese), the African, and the indigenous cultural heritages, and shows how these strands have combined to produce a unique Latin American culture with numerous national and regional variants. The book stresses an interdisciplinary approach to Latin America and also focuses on the way the region has related to the United States. Numerous visuals are included to illustrate these concepts.