{"product_id":"taking-their-word-arturo-arias-9780816648498","title":"Taking Their Word: Literature and the Signs of Central America","description":"\u003cp\u003eCentral Americans are one of the largest Latino population groups in the United States. Yet, Arturo Arias argues, the cultural production of Central Americans remains little known to North Americans. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTaking Their Word, \u003c\/i\u003e Arias complicates notions of the cultural production of Central America, from Mexico in the North to Panama in the South. He charts the literature of Central America's liberation struggles of the 1970s and 1980s, its transformation after peace treaties were signed, the emergence of a new Maya literature that decenters Latin American literature written in Spanish, and the rise and fall of \u003ci\u003etestimonio\u003c\/i\u003e. Arias demonstrates that Central America and its literature are marked by an indigenousness that has never before been fully theorized or critically grasped. Never one to avoid controversy, Arias proffers his views of how the immigration of Central Americans to North America has changed the cultural topography of both zones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this groundbreaking work, Arias establishes the importance of Central American literature and provides a frame for future studies of the region's culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArturo Arias is director of Latin American studies at the University of Redlands. He is the author of six novels in Spanish and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Rigoberta Menchú Controversy\u003c\/i\u003e (Minnesota, 2001).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arturo Arias\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816648492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816648498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 6.18w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2007 pg. 271","brand":"Arturo Arias","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947331682559,"sku":"9780816648498","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1aa4dfb7-ae6e-41e6-b0db-bed3818f028b.jpg?v=1681518090","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/taking-their-word-arturo-arias-9780816648498","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}