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"A Cup of Tea Long-Forgotten Stories A Smile or Two" includes a few
poems, some photographs and a drawing or two from my many decades.
Along the way I have a nice family, great friends and loyal dog
friends.
Marilyn Grace
Latin America is characterized by a uniquely rich history of
cultural and racial mixtures known collectively as mestizaje. These
mixtures reflect the influences of indigenous peoples from Latin
America, Europeans, and Africans, and spawn a fascinating and often
volatile blend of cultural practices and products. Yet no scholarly
study to date has provided an articulate context for fully
appreciating and exploring the profound effects of distinct local
invocations of syncretism and hybridity. Rise and Fall of the
Cosmic Race fills this void by charting the history of Latin
America's experience of mestizaje through the prisms of literature,
the visual and performing arts, social commentary, and music.
In accessible, jargon-free prose, Marilyn Grace Miller brings to
life the varied perspectives of a vast region in a tour that
stretches from Mexico and the Caribbean to Brazil, Ecuador and
Argentina. She explores the repercussions of mestizo identity in
the United States and reveals the key moments in the story of Latin
America's cult of synthesis. Rise and Fall of the Cosmic Race
examines the inextricable links between aesthetics and politics,
and unravels the threads of colonialism woven throughout national
narratives in which mestizos serve as primary protagonists.
Illuminating the ways in which regional engagements with
mestizaje represent contentious sites of nation building and racial
politics, Miller uncovers a rich and multivalent self-portrait of
Latin America's diverse populations.
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