Title Imagining Modernity in the Andes

Published Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (207 pages) Contents Introduction: Andean modernities -- Decolonizing the aristocratic republic -- Literary Indigenismo -- Science in the Andes -- Andean cosmopolitanism: the city as the female grotesque -- Urban transculturations: -- Conclusion : film, Indigenous video and Indigeneity in the Andes Summary "Imagining Modernity in the Andes is an interdisciplinary work that deals with the intersection of projects of modernity with constructions of race and ethnicity in the Andes. This book focuses initially on Indigenismo, attempting to recuperate the intellectual energy of writers and artists from the twenties who rewrote political and cultural discourse in an irreversible manner, and concludes with a consideration of the new configurations of Indigeneity that are emerging today not only in the Andes but across the globe. The multidisciplinary work of José Marìa Arguedas occupies a privileged place in this study and his anthropological work is analyzed in the context of an ideological climate. In addition to considering sociological and anthropological accounts, Archibald examines representations of urbanization and social informality by four Peruvian novelists, pointing to the prevalence of the troupe of the grotesque as a metaphor for the unmanageability associated with cities of the South. Finally, Imagining Modernity in the Andes analyzes the implications of the emergence of new visual media in a culture context long defined by the oral-textual divide, and considers the continued relevance of the concept of transculturation in a transnational and post-literary context." -- Publisher's Description Notes Print version record Subject Peruvian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism Peruvian literature -- Indian authors -- History and criticism Modernism (Literature) -- Peru Indigenous peoples in literature. Ethnicity in literature. National characteristics, Peruvian, in literature. Indians of South America -- Peru -- Ethnic identity Ethnicity in literature Indians of South America -- Ethnic identity Indigenous peoples in literature Intellectual life Literature Modernism (Literature) National characteristics, Peruvian, in literature Peruvian literature Peruvian literature -- Indian authors SUBJECT Peru -- In literature Peru -- Intellectual life -- 20th century Subject Peru Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781611480139 1611480132

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