Hybrid Cultures : Strategies for Entering and Leaving Modernity / Nestor García Canclini ; with a new introduction ; foreword by Renato Rosaldo ; translated by Christopher L. Chiappari and Silvia L. López.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

García Canclini, Néstor.

Standardized Title:

Culturas híbridas. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular culture--Latin America.

Popular culture.

Arts and society--Latin America.

Arts and society.

Postmodernism.

Civilization, Modern--20th century.

Civilization, Modern.

Latin America--Cultural policy.

Latin America.

Latin America--Civilization--20th century.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 p.)

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines the threats to Latin American cultural identity in a global marketplace - now with a new introduction!

Contents:

Contents; Foreword Renato Rosaldo; Acknowledgments; Entrance; 1 From Utopias to the Market; 2 Latin American Contradictions: Modernism without Modernization?; 3 Artists, Middlemen, and the Public: To Innovate or to Democratize?; 4 The Future of the Past; 5 The Staging of the Popular; 6 The Popular and Popularity: From Political to Theatrical Representation; 7 Hybrid Cultures, Oblique Powers; Exit; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-290) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8166-9777-9

OCLC:

122927785