Cultural Studies in the Curriculum: Teaching Latin America

Book Overview

Cultural studies has shifted the focus of language and literary studies to concerns previously excluded from the classroom: the perspectives of marginal groups, the expressive forms and social practices of popular and mass cultures. Among Latin Americanists, this academic approach is strongly contested, for reasons both philosophical and political. In their introduction, the editors examine this conflict, relating the history of cultural studies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873528034
• ISBN13: 9780873528030
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher