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Title:

Global Latin America : into the twenty-first century / edited by Matthew Gutmann, Jeffrey Lesser.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xviii, 356 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Latin America--Foreign relations.
Regionalism--Latin America.
Globalization--Latin America.
Latin America--Social conditions.
Diplomatic relations.
Globalization.
Regionalism.
Social conditions.
Latin America.
Régionalisme--Amérique latine.
Internationalité--Amérique latine.
Amérique latine--Droit.--Droit.
Amérique latine--Conditions sociales.

Other Authors:

Gutmann, Matthew C., 1953- editor.
Lesser, Jeff, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Pt. I. The Latin American past in the global present. Looking at the Past and the Future without Fear: An Interview with Ricardo Lagos -- The Conversion of Francis: The First Latin American Pope and the Women He Needs -- Fidel Castro: The First Superdelegate -- Poem: "Cruces de fronteras / Border Crossings" -- From Illustrating Problems to Offering Solutions: Latin America as a Global Source of Social Innovation -- Manga: "Che Guevara" -- pt. II. Tongues and feet. Borges's Library: Latin America, Language, and the World -- Love, Protest, Dance, Remix -- Poem: "Lo prohibido" -- Breaking the Machine: South American Fútbol -- Roy Choi, Ricardo Zárate, and Pacific Fusion Cuisine in Los Angeles -- pt. III. Science, Technology, and Health. The Rise of Brazil's Globally Connected Amazon Soybean Agriculture -- Constructing Parallels: Brazilian Experts in Mozambique -- Poem: "Perfecto Flores" -- A Long Strange Trip: Latin America's Contribution to World Drug Culture -- pt. IV. Communities. Introduction to Rigoberta Menchú Tum -- Nobel Lecture -- Sex worker activism and labor -- Poem: 'Ajustes familiares / Family Adjustments' -- Latin American travel: the other side of tourism encounters -- Brazil circles the globe -- pt. V. Art moves the world. The Latin American novel as international merchandise -- Traveling melodrama: Telenovelas and exporting southern moralities; or, how can something so bad still be so good? -- Poem: 'Los invisibles / Invisibility' -- The girl from Shinjuku: how a Japanese Brazilian diva keeps Bossa Nova alive in China -- 'More than a nationality' : an interview with Gael Garcia Bernal about Latin American cinema and the world.

Summary:

"Latin America has a unique historical and cultural context, is home to emerging global powers such as Brazil and Mexico, and is tied to world regions including China, India, and Africa. Global Latin America considers this regional interconnectedness and examines its meaning and impact in a global world. Its innovative essays, interviews, and stories highlight the insights of public intellectuals, political leaders, artists, academics, and activists, thereby allowing students to gain an appreciation of the diversity and global relevance of Latin America in the twenty-first century"--Provided by publisher.

Series:

Global square ; 1

ISBN:

0520277732
9780520277731
0520277724
9780520277724

LCCN:

2016009428

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)