The Pan American Imagination: Contested Visions of the Hemisphere in Twentieth-Century Literature Contributor(s): Park, Stephen M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813936659 ISBN-13: 9780813936659 Publisher: University of Virginia Press OUR PRICE: $58.91 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American |
Dewey: 809.933 |
LCCN: 2014014774 |
Series: New World Studies |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.10 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In the history of the early twentieth-century Americas, visions of hemispheric unity flourished, and the notion of a transnational American identity was embraced by artists, intellectuals, and government institutions. In The Pan American Imagination, Stephen Park explores the work of several Pan American modernists who challenged the body of knowledge being produced about Latin America, crossing the disciplinary boundaries of academia as well as the formal boundaries of artistic expression--from literary texts and travel writing to photography, painting, and dance. Park invests in an interdisciplinary approach, which he frames as a politically resistant intellectual practice, using it not only to examine the historical phenomenon of Pan Americanism but also to explore the implications for current transnational scholarship. |