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Facundo and the construction of Argentine culture / by Diana Sorensen Goodrich.
Van Pelt Library F2846.S247 G6 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sorensen, Diana.
- Series:
- Texas Pan American series
- The Texas Pan American series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sarmiento, Domingo Faustino, 1811-1888. Facundo.
- Sarmiento, Domingo Faustino.
- Argentina--History--1810-.
- Argentina.
- History.
- Argentina--Intellectual life.
- Intellectual life.
- Facundo (Sarmiento, Domingo Faustino).
- Local Subjects:
- Sarmiento, Domingo Faustino, 1811-1888. Facundo.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 218 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 1996.
- Summary:
- Goodrich examines in learned detail a founding text of Argentine Social and Cultural history. This book will be important reading for everyone interested in questions of national identity and the institutionalization of a national tradition.
- Contents:
- 1. The Wars of Persuasion: Conflict, Interpretation, and Power in the Early Years of Facundo's Reception
- 2. The Risks of Fiction: Facundo and the Parameters of Historical Writing
- 3. The Wiles of Disputation: Alberdi Reads Facundo
- 4. Facundo's Travels to the Metropolitan Centers
- 5. The Nation Consolidated: The 1880's and the Canonization of Facundo
- 6. A Classic Corrected: Rewriting the National Myths
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-211) and index.
- Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize, Winner, 1996
- Other Format:
- Online version: Sorensen, Diana. Facundo and the construction of Argentine culture.
- ISBN:
- 0292727895
- 9780292727892
- 0292727909
- 9780292727908
- OCLC:
- 33947219
- Online:
- Publisher description
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