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Hailed when first published in Spanish in 1988 as one of the best
contemporary examples of Latin American critical thought, Josefina
Ludmer's "El g""e""nero gauchesco" describes the emergence of
gaucho poetry--which uses the voice of the cowboy of the Argentine
"pampas" for political purposes--as an urgent encounter of popular
and elite tradition, of subaltern and hegemonic discourses. Molly
Weigel's translation captures the original's daringly innovative
literary flavor, making available for the first time in English a
book that opened a new arena in Latin American cultural
history.
By examining the formation of a genre whose origins predated the
consolidation of Argentina as a nation-state but that gained
significance only after the country's independence, Ludmer
elucidates the relationship of literature to the state, as well as
the complex positionings of gender within the struggle for
independence. She develops a sociological investigation of
"outsider" culture through close textual analyses of works by
Hidalgo, Ascasubi, Del Campo, Hernandez, Sarmiento, and Borges.
This inquiry culminates in the assertion that language, marked as
it is by the collisions of high and low culture, constitutes the
central issue of Latin American modernization and modernism.
Extensive annotation renders this edition of Ludmer's seminal study
easily accessible for a North American audience.
"The Gaucho Genre"'s far-reaching implications will make it
valuable reading for a varied audience. While teachers and students
of Latin American literature and criticism will find it an
important resource, it will also interest those concerned with the
processes of nation-building or in the complex intersections of
dominant and marginal voices.
This collection of critical and biographical articles covers
hundreds of notable authors from the 17th century to the present
day. Signed essays, 12-15 pages in length by noted scholars,
provide thought-provoking insights into the lives, careers and
works of American writers. Each Supplement covers approximately 20
additional authors.
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