Jose Maria Arguedas (1911-1969) is one of the most important authors to speak to issues of the survival of native cultures. "Jose Maria Arguedas: Reconsiderations for Latin American Cultural Studies" presents his views from multiple perspectives for English-speaking audiences for the first time.
The life and works of Jose Maria Arguedas reflect in a seminal way the drama of acculturation and transculturation suffered not only by what we think of as the indigenous and mestizo cultures of Peru, but by other Latin American societies as well. Intricately reflecting his pluricultural and...