Culture and Customs of Chile

Chile's natural beauty, fascinating history, cultural traditions, and warm people are uniquely evoked in Culture and Customs of Chile. Chilean American Castillo-Feliu effectively conveys how Chile's geography has helped to shape it into a modern, socially responsible model in Latin America. Students and other readers will learn how this small country has contributed to the hemisphere's stature, from a stable political scene to seafood-inspired cuisine. Chile's lively history forms the backdrop for a survey of a wealth of social riches. The literary lion Pablo Neruda, Andean music, and fine wine are just a few of the highlights found herein.

Because it has been such a model country, except for a troubled period in the 1970s and 1980s under the dictator Augusto Pinochet, Chile often stays out of headline news in the United States. Through chapters on history and people, religion, social customs, broadcasting and print media, literature, performing arts, and the arts and architecture, Culture and Customs of Chile will introduce Chile to a wider audience who can appreciate its understated charms. A chronology and appendix of the Spanish of Chile are indispensable aids.

Sommario

Series Foreword
Introduction
Chronology
Context
Religion
Social Customs
Broadcasting and Print Media
Literature
Performing Arts
The Arts and Architecture
Appendix: The Spanish of Chile
References
Index

Info autore

GUILLERMO I. CASTILLO-FELIÚ is Professor of Spanish and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages at Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina. He has translated several significant works from the Spanish, including the anonymous novel Xicoténcatl (1999), Pedro Prado's novel Alsino (1994), and the short stories of Clementa Palma (1984, 1988).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Guillermo Castillo-Feliu, Castillo-Feliu Guillermo I.
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2000
• EAN: 9780313307836
• ISBN: 978-0-313-30783-6
• Serie: Cultures and Customs of the World
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Chile, Ethnic Studies, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Regional Studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Regional / International studies, History of the Americas, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Geography and World Cultures: Countries and Regions