Constitutive Visions - Indigeneity and Commonplaces of National Identity in Republican Ecuador

About the author

Christa J. Olson is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Summary

Examines the history of national identity in Ecuador from 1857 to 1946. Brings together recent work in rhetoric, visual culture, transnationalism, and Latin American studies to explore the different visions of indigenous people that circulated in speeches, periodicals, and art.

Product details

• Authors: Christa J. Olson, Christa J. (University of Wisconsin) Olson, Christa J. (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Olson
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2013
• EAN: 9780271061986
• ISBN: 978-0-271-06198-6
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Karten
• Series: Rhetoric and Democratic Deliberation
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; Linguistics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Nationalism, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, Political structures: democracy, Communication Studies, Civil rights & citizenship, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics