Idea Latin America
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos
ISBN-10
1405100850
ISBN-13
9781405100854
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint
Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 9th, 2005
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
430 grams
Dimensions
15.80 x 23.70 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Regional studiesRegional / International studiesHistory of the AmericasHistory of the Americas
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A geo-political manifesto which questions the idea of Latinity as a sole name for the South American subcontinent. Charts the history of the concept of Latinity from its emergence in Europe under France's leadership through to the present day.
The Idea of Latin America is a geo-political manifesto which insists on the need to leave behind an idea which belonged to the nation-building mentality of nineteenth-century Europe. Charts the history of the concept of Latin America from its emergence in Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century through various permutations to the present day. Asks what is at stake in the survival of an idea which subdivides the Americas. Reinstates the indigenous peoples and migrations excluded by the image of a homogenous Latin America with defined borders. Insists on the pressing need to leave behind an idea which belonged to the nation-building mentality of nineteenth-century Europe.
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