Rethinking Community from Peru: The Political Philosophy of José María Arguedas

by Irina Alexandra Feldman

Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist Jos Mar a Arguedas (1911-1969) was a highly conflicted figure. As a mestizo, both European and Quechua blood ran through his veins and into his cosmology and writing. Arguedas's Marxist influences and ethnographic work placed him in direct contact with the subalterns he would champion in his stories. His expos s of the conflicts between Indians and creoles, and workers and elites were severely criticized...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822963078
• ISBN13: 9780822963073
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"