{"product_id":"divergent-modernities-culture-and-politics-in-nineteenth-century-latin-america-paperback","title":"Divergent Modernities: Culture and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Latin America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulio Ramos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn D. Blanco\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a Foreword by José David Saldívar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince its first publication in Spanish nearly a decade ago, Julio Ramos's \u003ci\u003eDesenucuentros de la modernidad en America Latina por el siglo XIX\u003c\/i\u003e has been recognized as one of the most important studies of modernity in the western hemisphere. Available for the first time in English--and now published with new material--Ramos's study not only offers an analysis of the complex relationships between history, literature, and nation-building in the modern Latin American context but also takes crucial steps toward the development of a truly comparative inter-American cultural criticism.\u003cbr\u003e\tWith his focus on the nineteenth century, Ramos begins his genealogy of an emerging Latin Americanism with an examination of Argentinean Domingo Sarmiento and Chilean Andrés Bello, representing the \"enlightened \u003ci\u003eletrados\u003c\/i\u003e\" of tradition. In contrast to these \"lettered men,\" he turns to Cuban journalist, revolutionary, and poet José Martí, who, Ramos suggests, inaugurated a new kind of intellectual subject for the Americas. Though tracing Latin American modernity in general, it is the analysis of Martí--particularly his work in the United States--that becomes the focal point of Ramos's study. Martí's confrontation with the unequal modernization of the New World, the dependent status of Latin America, and the contrast between Latin America's culture of elites and the northern mass culture of commodification are, for Ramos, key elements in understanding the complex Latin American experience of modernity. \u003cbr\u003e\tIncluding two new chapters written for this edition, as well as translations of three of Martí's most important works, \u003ci\u003eDivergent Modernities\u003c\/i\u003e will be indispensable for anyone seeking to understand development and modernity across the Americas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an innovative approach to the foundational intellectuals of Latin American modernity, Julio Ramos contributes to a rethinking of the intersections that constitute Latinoamericanismo\" of the twentieth century.\"--Nestor G. Canclini, author of \"Hybrid Cultures: Strategies for Entering and Leaving Modernity\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulio Ramos is Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California at Berkeley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 9.04 x 5.66 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 22, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130365776007,"sku":"9780822319900","price":64.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/302640fcafc6658fbb015f027adf15ed.webp?v=1732610199","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/divergent-modernities-culture-and-politics-in-nineteenth-century-latin-america-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}