On Edge: The Crisis of Contemporary Latin American Culture Volume 4

by Juan Flores and George Yúdice

A collection of essays on cultural and political innovations in Latin America. The work shows how the penetration of capital and media - known as globalization - into the political and everyday life of Latin America has had far-reaching cultural consequences. The attempt to "integrate" Latin American economies into the "new world order" has provoked a rethinking of questions of modernization, modernity, postmodernity, the meaning of pluralism, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816619395
• ISBN13: 9780816619399
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"