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Facundo and the Construction of Argentine Culture

English · Paperback / Softback

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Domingo F. Sarmiento's classic 1845 essay Facundo, Civilizacion y Barbarie opened an inquiry into the nature of Argentinian culture that continues to the present day. In this elegantly written study, Diana Sorensen Goodrich explores the varied, and often conflicting, readings that Facundo has received since its publication and shows how these readings have contributed to the making and remaking of the Argentine nation and its culture.

Goodrich's analysis sheds new light on the intersection between canon formation and nation-building. While much has been written about Facundo as a primary text in Latin American letters, this is the first study that locates it within the problematics of canon formation and the cultural, social, and political contexts in which conflicting interpretations are constructed.

This new approach to Facundo illuminates the interactions among institutions, cultural ideologies, and political life. This book will be important reading for everyone interested in questions of national identity and the institutionalization of a national tradition.

List of contents










  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • One. The Wars Of Persuasion: Conflict, Interpretation, and Power in the Early Years of Facundo’s Reception
  • Two. The Risks Of Fiction: Facundo and the Parameters of Historical Writing
  • Three. The Wiles Of Disputation: Alberdi Reads Facundo
  • Four. Facundo’s Travels To The Metropolitan Centers
  • Five. The Nation Consolidated: The 1880’s and the Canonization of Facundo
  • Six. A Classic Corrected: Rewriting the National Myths
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index


About the author










Raised in Argentina, Diana Sorensen is Dean of Arts and Humanities and James F. Rothenberg Professor of Romance Languages & Literatures and of Comparative Literature at Harvard University.


Product details

Authors Diana Sorensen Goodrich, Diana Sorensen
Publisher University Of Texas Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.11.1996
 
EAN 9780292727908
ISBN 978-0-292-72790-8
No. of pages 232
Dimensions 152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
Weight 383 g
Series Texas Pan American Series
Texas Pan American Series
Texas Pan American
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies
Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

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