Global Latin America : into the twenty-first century
Matthew C. Gutmann (Editor), Jeff Lesser (Editor)
"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
eBook, English, 2016
University of California Press, Oakland, California, 2016
Global square, v. 1, 1
1 online resource (xviii, 356 pages) : illustrations, maps
9780520965942, 0520965949
943710572
Part One: 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"
Part Two: 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
Part Three: 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
Part Four: 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
Part Five: 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
English