Global Latin America : into the twenty-first century

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Global Latin America : into the twenty-first century

edited by Matthew Gutmann, Jeffrey Lesser

(Global square / edited by Matthew Gutmann, Jeffrey Lesser, 1)

University of California Press, c2016

  • : cloth

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

Latin America is home to emerging global powers such as Brazil and Mexico and has important links to other titans including China, India, and Africa. Global Latin America examines a range of historical events and cultural forms in Latin America that continue to influence peoples' lives far outside the region. Its innovative essays, interviews, and stories focus on insights from public intellectuals, political leaders, artists, academics, and activists from the region, allowing students to gain an appreciation of the global relevance of Latin America in the twenty-first century.

目次

  • List of Figures INTRODUCING THE GLOBAL SQUARE BOOK SERIES Matthew Gutmann and Jeffrey Lesser Acknowledgments Chasing Che: Introduction to Global Latin America Jeffrey Lesser and Matthew Gutmann PART ONE: THE LATIN AMERICAN PAST IN THE GLOBAL PRESENT Introduction 1 * Looking at the Past and the Future without Fear: An Interview with Ricardo Lagos Matthew Gutmann 2 * The Conversion of Francis: The First Latin American Pope and the Women He Needs Nancy Scheper-Hughes and Jennifer Scheper Hughes 3 * Fidel Castro: The First Superdelegate Greg Grandin Poem: "Cruces de fronteras / Border Crossings" Renato Rosaldo 4 * From Illustrating Problems to Offering Solutions: Latin America as a Global Source of Social Innovation Gabriel Hetland and Peter Evans Manga: "Che Guevara" Kiyoshi Konno and Chie Shimano PART TWO: TONGUES AND FEET Introduction 5 * Borges's Library: Latin America, Language, and the World Paja Faudree and Daniel Suslak 6 * Love, Protest, Dance, Remix Michelle Bigenho Poem: "Lo prohibido" Renato Rosaldo 7 * Breaking the Machine: South American Futbol Brenda Elsey 8 * Roy Choi, Ricardo Zarate, and Pacific Fusion Cuisine in Los Angeles Sarah Portnoy and Jeffrey M. Pilcher PART THREE: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND HEALTH Introduction 9 * The Rise of Brazil's Globally Connected Amazon Soybean Agriculture Christopher Neill and Marcia N. Macedo 10 * Constructing Parallels: Brazilian Experts in Mozambique Wendy Wolford and Ryan Nehring Poem: "Perfecto Flores" Renato Rosaldo 11 * A Long Strange Trip: Latin America's Contribution to World Drug Culture Paul Gootenberg PART FOUR: COMMUNITIES Introduction Introduction to Rigoberta Menchu Tum 12 * Nobel Lecture Rigoberta Menchu Tum 13 * Sex Worker Activism and Labor Denise Brennan Poem: "Ajustes familiares / Family Adjustments" Renato Rosaldo 14 * Latin American Travel: The Other Side of Tourism Encounters Florence E. Babb 15 * Brazil Circles the Globe Ruben George Oliven PART FIVE: ART MOVES THE WORLD Introduction 16 * The Latin American Novel as International Merchandise Ilan Stavans 17 * Traveling Melodrama: Telenovelas and Exporting Southern Moralities
  • or, How Can Something So Bad Still Be So Good? O. Hugo Benavides Poem: "Los invisibles / Invisibility" Renato Rosaldo 18 * The Girl from Shinjuku: How a Japanese Brazilian Diva Keeps Bossa Nova Alive in China Fabiano Maisonnave 19 * "More than a Nationality": An Interview with Gael Garcia Bernal about Latin American Cinema and the World Alma Guillermoprieto About the Editors and Contributors Index

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  • Global square

    edited by Matthew Gutmann, Jeffrey Lesser

    University of California Press

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