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This anthology brings together more than sixty primary texts to offer an ambitious introduction to Spanish American thought and culture. Myths, poetry, memoirs, manifestos, and fiction are translated from Spanish to English, some for the first time. From disciplines including history, politics, anthropology, religion, literature, art, and architecture and written by famous historical figures such as Simón Bolívar, José Martí, and Che Guevara alongside lesser-known individuals, the texts are united by a shared quest for cultural identity. Representing many different moments in the complex history of an extraordinary region, the key question the texts in this volume confront is “Who are we?” The answers are often surprising.
About the author
Jorge Aguilar Mora is professor emeritus of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Maryland, USA. His many books include
El silencio de la Revolución and Sueños de la razón: 1799 y 1800 Umbrales del siglo XIX.
Josefa Salmón, Rev. Guy Lemieux Distinguished Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies at Loyola University, USA, is the author or editor of several books, including
El espejo indígena: El discurso indigenista en Bolivia 1900-1956 and
Decir nosotros: En la encrucijada del pensamiento indianista.
Barbara C. Ewell, the Dorothy Harrell Brown Professor of English at Loyola University, USA is the author of
Kate Chopin and coeditor of
Southern Local Color: Stories of Region, Race, and Gender and other works.
