In "Writing across Cultures," Rama extends the Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz's theory of transculturation far beyond Cuba, bringing it to bear on regional cultures across Latin America, where new cultural arrangements have been forming among indigenous, African, and European societies for the better part of five centuries. Rama applies this concept to the work of the Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist Jose Maria Arguedas, whose writing drew on both Spanish and Quechua, Peru's two major languages and, by extension, cultures. Rama considered Arguedas's novel "Los rios profundos" ("Deep Rivers") to be the most accomplished example of narrative transculturation in Latin America. "Writing across Cultures" is the second of Rama's books to be translated into English.
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In "Writing across Cultures," Rama extends the Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz's theory of transculturation far beyond Cuba, bringing it to bear on regional cultures across Latin America, where new cultural arrangements have been forming among indigenous, African, and European societies for the better part of five centuries. Rama applies this concept to the work of the Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist Jose Maria Arguedas, whose writing drew on both Spanish and Quechua, Peru's two major languages and, by extension, cultures. Rama considered Arguedas's novel "Los rios profundos" ("Deep Rivers") to be the most accomplished example of narrative transculturation in Latin America. "Writing across Cultures" is the second of Rama's books to be translated into English.
Imprint | Duke University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Latin America Otherwise |
Release date | May 2012 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | May 2012 |
Authors | Angel Rama |
Translators | David Frye |
Dimensions | 235 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 264 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8223-5293-8 |
Barcode | 9780822352938 |
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LSN | 0-8223-5293-1 |