The Decline and Fall of the Lettered City: Latin America in the Cold War
(Part of the Convergences: Inventories of the Present Series)
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The cultural Cold War in Latin America was waged as a war of values--artistic freedom versus communitarianism, Western values versus national cultures, the autonomy of art versus a commitment to liberation struggles--and at a time when the prestige of literature had never been higher. The projects of the historic avant-garde were revitalized by an anti-capitalist ethos and envisaged as the opposite of the republican state. The Decline and Fall...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0674008421
ISBN13:9780674008427
Release Date:April 2002
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:352 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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