Hakutulokset: Sarja LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
yhteensä 32 hakutulosta
Latin America's Neo-Reformation
The purpose of this study is to focus on the intersection of religion and politics. Do different religions result in different politics? More specifically, are there significant …
Resisting Boundaries
This book consists of the study of five Brazilian novels produced in the last decades of the nineteenth century: O mulato (1881), O cortigo (1890), both by Aluisio Azevedo, A came …
(Con)Fusing Signs and Postmodern Positions
Foregrounding a strategy of experimental techniques which Neustadt call (con)fusing signs, the book explores critical and political dimensions of contemporary Spanish American …
Magic Realism
Since the 1930s, Latin American writers have used magic realism to transcend the limits of the fantastic and illuminate social problems within the culture. The author considers …
The Postmodern in Latin and Latino American Cultural Narratives
This volume of new and reprinted articles, many translated here into English for the first time, examines the conditions, characteristics, and implications of the debate on Latin …
International Relations in Latin America
This work studies the development of bilateral relations in two pairs of states (dyads): Argentina-Brazil and Argentina-Chile. It takes on a moderate constructivist approach that …
Jewish Writers of Latin America
Jewish writing has only recently begun to be recognized as a major cultural phenomenon in Latin American literature. Nevertheless, the majority of students and even Latin American …
Literatura chicana, 1965-1995
Illuminates major themes and artistic visions The only comprehensive anthology of Chicano literature, this work charts the rise and evolution of contemporary Mexican American …
The Politics of Social Policy Change in Chile and Uruguay
This work explains the causes of social policy reform in Chile and Uruguay in the areas of health care, pensions and education. Until the 1970s, Chile and Uruguay shared striking …
The Politics of Moral Sin
This book analyzes the problems that arise when women's rights conflict with the views of conservative organized religion. Specifically, it addresses the legalization - or lack …
Theorizing Social Movements
Based on over twenty-five years of grassroots research, Theorising Social Movements combines the first full synopsis of social movement theory with a fully integrated account of …
Contesting the Iron Fist
This work analyzes the interactions and international connections of the "civil rights" and "pro-order" coalitions of state and societal actors in the two countries. The author …