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Author:   Ana Caldero-Figueroa ,  Lester Sandres Rapalo
Publisher:   Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
Imprint:   Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
Edition:   Second Edition
ISBN:  

9780757597381

ISBN 10:   0757597386
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   30 April 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART 1: What Is Latin America? First Stop, the Present JOHN CHARLES CHASTEEN Latin America in Caricatures JOHN J. JOHNSON PART 2: Empires of the Sun The Early Great Styles and the Rise of the Pre-Columbian Civilizations GORDON R. WILLEY The Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel RALPH L. ROYS The Sacred Book of the Maya: The Great Classic of Central American Spirituality POPOL VUH PART 3: Latin America Emerges To Roosevelt RUBÉN DARÍO José Martí: An Introduction Versos sencillos JOSÉ MARTÍ The Dead Man HORACIO QUIROGA PART 4: Nationalism and Art in Mexico La Raza Cósmica: A New Race and a New Ideal JOSÉ VASCONCELOS Mexico: Four Women and One Man EDWARD LUCIE-SMITH Realism, Pop Art and Surrealism EDWARD LUCIE-SMITH PART 5: Social Revolution Fidel Castro and the Quest for a Revolutionary Culture JULIE BUNCK An Introduction to Modern Cuban Painting, CA. 1927-1950 JUAN A MARTÍNEZ PART 6: Literature The Baroque and the Marvelous Real ALEJO CARPENTIER Magical Realism in Spanish American Literature LUIS LEAL Magical Realism in Spanish American Fiction ANGEL FLORES PART 7: Music of Latin America The Bolero: The Birth, Life, and Decline of Mexican Modernity MARK PEDELTY Popular Music in Puerto Rico: Toward an Anthropology of Salsa JORGE DUANY The ""Nueva Canción"" Movement and Its Mass-Mediated Performance Context JANE TUMAS-SERNA La ""Nueva Trova"": New Cuban Song RINA BENMAYOR PART 8: Latinos in the United States The Gravitas of Spanglish ILAN STAVANS The Sounds of Spanglish ILAN STAVANS Life in the Hyphen ILAN STAVANS From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity JUAN FLORES Dropping the Hyphen? Becoming Latino(a)-American through Racialized Assimilation TANYA GOLASH-BOZA

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