Latin America in the World: An Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780765645234 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 268 str.

Antonia Garcia-Rodriguez; Daniel J. Greenberg

Opis

This text offers a comprehensive entry point to Latin America. The early chapters of the book survey the essentials of Latin American history; historical narratives; and the region's languages, religions, and global connections. The second half of the book features interdisciplinary case studies.

Spis treści

Part One: Overview  1. Overview: Latin America and Its Subregions  2. Latin American Studies: A Multidisciplinary Field Comes of Age Part Two: Fundamentals  3. History  4. Language  Part Three: The Global Context  5. Globalization in Latin America: Background  6. Globalization in Latin America: A Tale of Four Countries  Part Four: Case Studies  7. Introduction to the Case Studies  8. Change Agents: Women and the Mexican Revolution  9. The Dissident Cosmos: The Andean World Across Cultural Productions  10. The New Latin American Cinema: The Movement and Its Aftermath  11. Magical Realism: The World Within and Beyond Latin America  12. La Malinche: A Look at Gender in the History of Mexico 13. Globalization and Neoliberal Reform: A Case Study of Mexico and Argentina  14. The Socialist Alternative: Cuba and Venezuela  15. Hard-to-Pick Fruit: Transforming the Landscape of Poverty in Brazil