The Postmodernism Debate in Latin America

by John Beverley

Book Overview

Postmodernism may seem a particularly inappropriate term when used in conjunction with a region that is usually thought of as having only recently, and then unevenly, acceded to modernity. Yet in the last several years the concept has risen to the top of the agenda of cultural and political debate in Latin America.
This collection explores the Latin American engagement with postmodernism, less to present a regional variant of the concept than to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822316145
• ISBN13: 9780822316145
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.9" x 6.2"