{"product_id":"whitman-cannonball-puebla-rodrigo-toscano-9781632431745","title":"Whitman. Cannonball. Puebla.","description":"\u003cb\u003ePoetic fables that consider a future Greater Americas that blends the cultures of peoples across the hemisphere.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This four-part collection of poetic fables engages the emerging field of global-poetics through Hispano-Americano lenses. Amid global crises between states, and cultural destabilization manifesting across mass popular culture and literature, \u003ci\u003eWHITMAN. CANNONBALL. PUEBLA.\u003c\/i\u003e sets out to invigorate conversation about how the United States might adapt to a wider hemispheric consciousness. Toscano's poems present a cultural landscape where the Anglo-capitalist outlook is tempered--if not subsumed--by a Greater Americas \"Salamanca Humanism,\" which was the basis for the 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book is divided into four sections that develop the idea of a Greater Americas as hinging on negotiation between Anglo and Hispano values, consider a potential catastrophic Anglo-American imperialism, imagine life in a Post-Empire crisis, and compose allegories about the historical consciousness of a people oversaturated with media. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rodrigo Toscano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1632431742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781632431745\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Omnidawn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Rodrigo Toscano","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46838241165567,"sku":"9781632431745","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_15b1b3c2-2e5c-4684-83ae-7cd6ae5f2994.jpg?v=1746589233","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/whitman-cannonball-puebla-rodrigo-toscano-9781632431745","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}