Tropicalizations: Transcultural Representations of Latinidad

by Francis R. Aparicio and Susana Chavez-Silverman

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Tropicalization, as the editors define it, "means to trope, to imbue a particular space, geography, group, or nation with a set of traits, images, and values" that are circulated and perpetuated through official texts, history, literature, and the media. With bold strokes, this collection outlines how dominant Anglo cultures have, through traditional colonizing discourses, constructed Latin American and Latinas/os in the US. It also examines how Latina/o...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0874518172

ISBN13:9780874518177

Release Date:May 1997

Publisher:Dartmouth College Press

Length:238 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Americas Central America Colonialism & Post-Colonialism Education & Reference Ethnic Studies History Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Reference Social Science

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