The Latin American Cultural Studies Reader

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Contents Acknowledgments Abril Trigo, General Introduction I. Forerunners: Introduction by Alicia Rıos, Traditions and Fractures in Latin American Cultural Studies Antonio Candido, Literature and Underdevelopment Darcy Ribeiro, Excerpts from The Americas and Civilization: ‘‘Evolutionary Acceleration and Historical Incorporation,’’ ‘‘The Genuine and the Spurious,’’ and ‘‘National Ethnic Typology,’’ Roberto Fernandez Retamar, Caliban: Notes Toward a Discussion of Culture in Our America Antonio Cornejo Polar, Indigenismo and Heterogeneous Literatures: Their Double Sociocultural Statute Antonio Cornejo Polar Mestizaje, Transculturation, Heterogeneity Angel Rama, Literature and Culture II. Foundations: Introduction by Ana Del Sarto, The 1980s: Foundations of Latin American Cultural Studies Jean Franco, Plotting Women: Popular Narratives for Women in the United States and in Latin America Carlos Monsivais, Would So Many Millions of People Not End Up Speaking English? The North American Culture and Mexico Roberto Schwarz, Brazilian Culture: Nationalism by Elimination Beatriz Sarlo, Intellectuals: Scission or Mimesis? Walter Mignolo, The Movable Center: Geographical Discourses and Territoriality During the Expansion of the Spanish Empire Jose Joaquın Brunner, Notes on Modernity and Postmodernity in Latin American Culture Jesus Martın-Barbero, A Nocturnal Map to Explore a New Field Nestor Garcıa Canclini, Cultural Studies from the 1980s to the 1990s: Anthropological and Sociological Perspectives in Latin America III. Practices: Introduction by Abril Trigo, The 1990s: Practices and Polemics within Latin American Cultural Studies Irene Silverblatt, Political Disfranchisement Beatriz Gonzalez Stephan, On Citizenship: The Grammatology of the Body-Politic Eduardo Archetti, Male Hybrids in the World of Soccer Adrian Gorelik and Graciela Silvestri, The Pastas the Future: A Reactive Utopia in Buenos Aires Ana M. Lopez, Tears and Desire: Women and Melodrama in the ‘‘Old’’ Mexican Cinema Francine Masiello, The Unbearable Lightness of History: Bestseller Scripts for Our Times Renato Ortiz, Legitimacy and Lifestyles Daniel Mato, The Transnational Making of Representations of Gender, Ethnicity, and Culture: Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations at the Smithsonian Institution’s Festival Gustavo A. Remedi, The Production of Local Public Spheres: Community Radio Stations Roman De La Campa, Mimicry and the Uncanny in Caribbean Discourse Jose Rabasa, Of Zapatismo: Reflections on the Folkloric and the Impossible in a Subaltern Insurrection Debra A. Castillo, Marıa Gudelia Rangel Gomez, and Armando Rosas Solıs, Tentative Exchanges: Tijuana Prostitutes and Their Clients Juan Flores, The Latino Imaginary: Meanings of Community and Identity IV. Positions and Polemics John Beverley, Writing in Reverse: On the Project of the Latin American Subaltern Studies Group Mabel Morana, The Boom of the Subaltern George Yudice, Latin American Intellectuals in a Post-Hegemonic Era Hugo Achugar, Local/Global Latin Americanisms:‘‘Theoretical Babbling,’’ apropos Roberto Fernandez Retamar Nelly Richard, Intersecting Latin America with Latin Americanism: Academic Knowledge, Theoretical Practice, and Cultural Criticism Alberto Moreiras, Irruption and Conservation: Some Conditions of Latin Americanist Critique Neil Larsen, The Cultural Studies Movement and Latin America: An Overview John Kraniauskas, Hybridity in a Transnational Frame: Latin Americanist and Postcolonial Perspectives on Cultural Studies Antonio Cornejo Polar, Mestizaje and Hybridity: The Risks of Metaphors—Notes Works Cited Acknowledgment of Copyrights Index