Gabriela Nouzeilles

Robin Kirk

Orin Starn

Graciela Montaldo

DIVAn interdisciplinary anthology that includes many primary materials never before published in English./div

History, Culture, Politics

The Argentina Reader

Thomas Keenan

Joan Fontcuberta

Valeria González

Eduardo Cadava

John Mraz

Mauricio Lissovsky

"This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition The Itinerant Languages of Photography, Princeton University Art Museum, September 7, 2013-January 19, 2014"--Title page verso.

The Itinerant Languages of Photography

Excessively European, refreshingly European, not as European as it looks, struggling to overcome a delusion that it is European. Argentina—in all its complexity—has often been obscured by variations of the "like Europe and not like the rest of Latin America" cliché. The Argentina Reader deliberately breaks from that viewpoint. This essential introduction to Argentina’s history, culture, and society provides a richer, more comprehensive look at one of the most paradoxical of Latin American nations: a nation that used to be among the richest in the world, with the largest middle class in Latin America, yet one that entered the twenty-first century with its economy in shambles and its citizenry seething with frustration. This diverse collection brings together songs, articles, comic strips, scholarly essays, poems, and short stories. Most pieces are by Argentines. More than forty of the texts have never before appeared in English. The Argentina Reader contains photographs from Argentina’s National Archives and images of artwork by some of the country’s most talented painters and sculptors. Many selections deal with the history of indigenous Argentines, workers, women, blacks, and other groups often ignored in descriptions of the country. At the same time, the book includes excerpts by or about such major political figures as José de San Martín and Juan Perón. Pieces from literary and social figures virtually unknown in the United States appear alongside those by more well-known writers such as Jorge Luis Borges, Ricardo Piglia, and Julio Cortázar. The Argentina Reader covers the Spanish colonial regime; the years of nation building following Argentina’s independence from Spain in 1810; and the sweeping progress of economic growth and cultural change that made Argentina, by the turn of the twentieth century, the most modern country in Latin America. The bulk of the collection focuses on the twentieth century: on the popular movements that enabled Peronism and the revolutionary dreams of the 1960s and 1970s; on the dictatorship from 1976 to 1983 and the accompanying culture of terror and resistance; and, finally, on the contradictory and disconcerting tendencies unleashed by the principles of neoliberalism and the new global economy. The book also includes a list of suggestions for further reading. The Argentina Reader is an invaluable resource for those interested in learning about Argentine history and culture, whether in the classroom or in preparation for travel in Argentina.

Walter D. Mignolo

Alberto D. Moreiras

A new journal inspired mainly by but not limited to Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latinidad perspectives, Nepantla: Views from South is committed to fostering innovative reflection at the intersection of the humanities and the social sciences. Drawing on the international and interdisciplinary conference "Cross-Genealogies and Subaltern Knowledges", while also including outside essays, the premier issue significantly advances the subaltern studies debate. Divided into four sections, this collection opens with a set of "positions papers" that addresses the core issues surrounding transnational subaltern studies. Next, an essay section initiates discussion on such topics as Islamic feminism as "multiple critique", an examination of insurrection in El Salvador that reflects on North/South interfaces, and the question of borders and modernity from a Chicana perspective. The interview section features Americo Paredes. As an ethnographer, folklorist, poet, novelist, and essayist, Paredes has been a prominent presence in Chicano cultural life for the last fifty years. Finally, the closing section raises a discussion among several leading Chilean intellectuals about the conditions of university discourse in contemporary life.

Views from South

Nepantla

Gabriela Nouzeilles

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