Imagination Beyond Nation

by Bueno, Eva; Caesar, Terry

• ISBN13: 9780822956860
• ISBN10: 0822956861
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr

Summary

Can scholarly pursuit of soap operas and folk art actually reveal a national imagination? This innovative collection features studies of iconography in Mexico, telenovelas in Venezuela, drama in Chile, cinema in Brazil, comic strips and tango in Argentina, and ceramics in Peru. In examining these popular arts, the scholars gathered here ask the same broad questions: what precisely is a national culture at the level of the popular? The national idea in Latin America emerges from these pages as a problematic, divided one, worth sustained attention in the field of culture studies. Many different arts come forth in all their richness and vitality, compelling us to look, listen, and understand.

Author Biography

Eva P. Bueno teaches Spanish and comparative literature at The Pennsylvania State University, Dubois. Terry Caesar teaches modern American literature and literary theory at Clarion University.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Politics of the Popular in Latin American Popular Culture	p. 1
Nation as Icon
Gender, Ethnicity and Piety: The Case of the China Poblana	p. 19
Medianation
Caipira Culture: The Politics of Nation in Mazzaropi's Films	p. 41
Big Snakes on the Streets and Never Ending Stories: The Case of Venezuelan Telenovelas	p. 64
From Mafalda to Boogie: The City in Argentine Humor	p. 81
Nation as Idea
Framing the Peruvian Cholo: Popular Art by Unpopular People	p. 109
You're All Guilty: Lo Cubano in the Confession	p. 129
The Cueca of the Last Judgment: Politics of Chilean Resistance in Tres Marias y Una Rosa	p. 142
Tango, Buenos Aires, Borges: Cultural Production and Urban Sexual Regulation	p. 167
Beyond Nation
Myth, Modernity, and Postmodern Tragedy in Walter Lima's The Dolphin	p. 195
"Useless Spaces" of the Feminine in Popular Culture: Like Water for Chocolate and The Silent War	p. 210
Masculinities at the Margins: Representations of the Malandro and the Pachuco	p. 227
Notes	p. 265
Bibliography	p. 289
Contributors	p. 305
Index	p. 309
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