{"product_id":"beyond-imagined-communities-sara-castro-klarn-9780801878534","title":"Beyond Imagined Communities: Reading and Writing the Nation in Nineteenth-Century Latin America","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow did the nationalisms of Latin America's many countries--elaborated in everything from history and fiction to cookery--arise from their common backgrounds in the Spanish and Portuguese empires and their similar populations of mixed European, native, and African origins? \u003ci\u003eBeyond Imagined Communities: Reading and Writing the Nation in Nineteenth-Century Latin America\u003c\/i\u003e, discards one answer and provides a rich collection of others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese essays began as a critique of the argument by Benedict Anderson's highly influential book \u003ci\u003eImagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism\u003c\/i\u003e. Anderson traces Latin American nationalisms to local circulation of colonial newspapers and tours of duty of colonial administrators, but this book shows the limited validity of these arguments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Imagined Communities\u003c\/i\u003e shows how more diverse cultural influences shaped Latin American nationalisms. Four historians examine social situations: Fran輟is-Xavier Guerra studies various forms of political communication; Tulio Halper? Donghi, political parties; Sarah C. Chambers, the feminine world of salons; and Andrew Kirkendall, the institutions of higher education that trained the new administrators. Next, four critics examine production of cultural objects: Fernando Unzueta investigates novels; Sara Castro-Klar駭, archeology and folklore; Gustavo Verdesio, suppression of unwanted archeological evidence; and Beatriz Gonz疝ez Stephan, national literary histories and international expositions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sara Castro-Klaren\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801878535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801878534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.10w x 0.75d","brand":"Sara Castro-Klaren","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926139863295,"sku":"9780801878534","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1cb784a3-e6f2-417c-83dd-1c3513054a58.jpg?v=1681081422","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-imagined-communities-sara-castro-klarn-9780801878534","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}