Decadent Modernity - Civilization and ''Latinidad'' in Spanish America, 1880-1920

Informationen zum Autor Michela Coletta is Teaching Fellow in Hispanic Studies at the University of Warwick. Klappentext How did Latin Americans represent their own countries as modern? Through a comparative analysis of Argentina, Uruguay and Chile, the book investigates four themes that were central to definitions of Latin American modernity at the turn of the twentieth century: race, the autochthonous, education, and aesthetics. Zusammenfassung How did Latin Americans represent their own countries as modern? Through a comparative analysis of Argentina! Uruguay and Chile! the book investigates four themes that were central to definitions of Latin American modernity at the turn of the twentieth century: race! the autochthonous! education! and aesthetics.

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• Authors: Michela Coletta, Michela (Institute of Latin American Stud Coletta, Michela (Institute of Latin American Studies Coletta
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781786941312
• ISBN: 978-1-78694-131-2
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Liverpool Latin American Studies; Liverpool Latin American Studi; Liverpool Latin American Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology