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Title:Relocating Identities in Latin American Cultures
Series:(Turning Points Series, No.2)
Author:Dr Elizabeth Montes Garcés
ISBN:1552382095 : 9781552382097
Illustrations:b/w photos
Format:Paperback
Size:155x230mm
Pages:262
Weight: .388 Kg.
Published:University of Calgary Press - January 2007
List Price: 23.5 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Social & cultural anthropology: Latin America


Exploring Latin American cultural identities from multiple vantage points, this collection addresses such phenomena as migration, globalisation, & gender, & examines the fundamentally new ways in which individuals relate to & identify with one another. The process of inquiry engages with questions of location, time & place to underscore the tremendous changes occurring in Latin America due to globalisation. Framed within two key periods of massive immigration affecting Latin America, these essays show how the migratory flow of people of distinct nationalities & cultures has a tremendous impact on the regions they come to occupy, & consequently, on the way Latin Americans have portrayed themselves in cultural products such as film & literature. With contributions from pre-eminent scholars in Latin American cultural studies, this collection demonstrates the pervasive effects of globalisation on the Latin American cultural scene through the creative expressions of its playwrights, novelists, essayists, & filmmakers. Many of the authors included in this collection have experienced first-hand the difficult process of relocation & adaptation, & are thus able to offer unique perspectives on identity, language, & culture.

Introduction. Cities & Identities at the Turn of the Twentieth Century. Exile & Identity. Re-readings of Gender Representation. Literature & Globalisation. Index.