Improvised Continent - Pan-Americanism and Cultural Exchange (Hardcover)

How does a country in the process of becoming a world power prepare its citizens for the responsibilities of global leadership? In Improvised Continent, Richard Candida Smith answers this question by illuminating the forgotten story of how, over the course of the twentieth century, cultural exchange programs, some run by the government and others by philanthropies and major cultural institutions, brought many of the most important artists and writers of Latin America to live and work in the United States. Improvised Continent is the first book to focus on cultural exchange inside the United States and how Americans responded to Latin American writers and artists. Moving masterfully between the history of ideas, biography, institutional history and politics, and international relations, and engaging works in French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese, Candida Smith synthesizes over seventy years of Pan-American cultural activity in the United States. The stories behind Diego Rivera's murals, the movies of Alejandro G. Inarritu, the poetry of Gabriela Mistral, the photography of Genevieve Naylor, and the novels of Carlos Fuentes-these works and artists, along with many others, challenged U.S. citizens about their place in the world and about the kind of global relations the country's interests could allow. Improvised Continent provides a profoundly compassionate portrayal of the Latin American artists and writers who believed their practices might create a more humane world.

General

Imprint:	University of PennsylvaniaPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The Arts and Intellectual Life in Modern America
Release date:	September 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Richard Candida Smith
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Paper over boards
Pages:	352
ISBN-13:	978-0-8122-4942-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8122-4942-9
Barcode:	9780812249422

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