Dictionary of Latin American cultural studies / edited by Robert McKee Irwin, Monica Szurmuk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Irwin, Robert McKee, 1962-

Szurmuk, Mónica.

Standardized Title:

Diccionario de estudios culturales latinoamericanos. English.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture--Dictionaries.

Culture.

Latin America--Civilization--Dictionaries.

Latin America.

Latin America--Intellectual life--Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (399 p.)

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"A reference work containing 54 entries defining and explaining generally accepted cultural studies terms as well as those specific to the study of Latin American culture"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cvr; Table of Contents v; Acknowledgments ix; Introduction 1; Aesthetics 11; Alterity 17; Anthropology 22; Audience 28; Body 34; Border 38; Canon 45; Communications Media 51; Cultural Critique 58; Cultural Field 68; Cultural Imperialism 73; Cultural Industry 79; Cultural Participation 84; Cultural Policy 90; Cultural Production 97; Culture 104; Deconstruction 109; Deterritorialization 120; Diaspora 126; Digital Culture 131; Discourse 136; Diversity 142; Ethics 147; Gender 153; Globalization 160; Hegemony 166; Heterogenity 174; Hybridity 179; Identity 187; Ideology 193

Latin/o Americanism/o 197Lettered City 204; Local-Global 211; Memory 216; Modernity 222; Multiculturalism 229; Nation 236; Orality 241; Performance 247; Postcolonialism 252; Postmemory 258; Postmodernity 263; Postnatonalism 271; Power 277; Public Sphere 282; Queer Theory 287; Race/Ethnicity 294; Representaton 301; Subalternisms 307; Subjectives 314; Text 321; Transculturation 331; Tropicalia 337; Violence 342; General Bibliography 349; Contributors 380; Index 383

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8130-4052-3

OCLC:

774276712