angel Rama was one of twentieth-century Latin America's most
distinguished men of letters. "Writing across Cultures" is his
comprehensive analysis of the varied sources of Latin American
literature. Originally published in 1982, the book links Rama's
work on Spanish American modernism with his arguments about the
innovative nature of regionalist literature, and it foregrounds his
thinking about the close relationship between literary movements,
such as modernism or regionalism, and global trends in social and
economic development.
In "Writing across Cultures," Rama extends the Cuban
anthropologist Fernando Ortiz's theory of transculturation far
beyond Cuba, bringing it to bear on regional cultures across Latin
America, where new cultural arrangements have been forming among
indigenous, African, and European societies for the better part of
five centuries. Rama applies this concept to the work of the
Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist Jose Maria Arguedas,
whose writing drew on both Spanish and Quechua, Peru's two major
languages and, by extension, cultures. Rama considered Arguedas's
novel "Los rios profundos" ("Deep Rivers") to be the most
accomplished example of narrative transculturation in Latin
America. "Writing across Cultures" is the second of Rama's books to
be translated into English.
General
| Imprint: |
Duke University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Latin America Otherwise |
| Release date: |
May 2012 |
| First published: |
May 2012 |
| Authors: |
Angel Rama
|
| Translators: |
David Frye
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
264 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8223-5293-8 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-8223-5293-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780822352938 |
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