{"product_id":"beyond-imagined-communities-reading-and-writing-the-nation-in-nineteenth-century-latin-america","title":"Beyond Imagined Communities: Reading and Writing the Nation in Nineteenth-Century Latin America","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBeyond Imagined Communities: Reading and Writing the Nation in Nineteenth-Century Latin America\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eSara Castro-Klarén\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780801878534\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eJohns Hopkins University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2004\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e252\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did the nationalisms of Latin America's many countries--elaborated in everything from history and fiction to cookery--arise from their common backgrounds in the Spanish and Portuguese empires and their similar populations of mixed European, native, and African origins? \u003ci\u003eBeyond Imagined Communities: Reading and Writing the Nation in Nineteenth-Century Latin America\u003c\/i\u003e, discards one answer and provides a rich collection of others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese essays began as a critique of the argument by Benedict Anderson's highly influential book \u003ci\u003eImagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism\u003c\/i\u003e. Anderson traces Latin American nationalisms to local circulation of colonial newspapers and tours of duty of colonial administrators, but this book shows the limited validity of these arguments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInstead, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Imagined Communities\u003c\/i\u003e shows how more diverse cultural influences shaped Latin American nationalisms. Four historians examine social situations: François-Xavier Guerra studies various forms of political communication; Tulio Halperín Donghi, political parties; Sarah C. Chambers, the feminine world of salons; and Andrew Kirkendall, the institutions of higher education that trained the new administrators. Next, four critics examine production of cultural objects: Fernando Unzueta investigates novels; Sara Castro-Klarén, archeology and folklore; Gustavo Verdesio, suppression of unwanted archeological evidence; and Beatriz González Stephan, national literary histories and international expositions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Beyond Imagined Communities: Reading and Writing the Nation in Nineteenth-Century Latin America | Sara Castro-Klarén | Paperback | 9780801878534 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks G 1788461","offer_id":67857726374040,"sku":"1788461","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61QGgOELKuL.jpg?v=1793495275","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/beyond-imagined-communities-reading-and-writing-the-nation-in-nineteenth-century-latin-america","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}