[PDF.67gb] The Burden of Modernity: The Rhetoric of Cultural Discourse in Spanish America

The Burden of Modernity: The Rhetoric of Cultural Discourse in Spanish America

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 | #5322385 in Books |  Carlos J Alonso |  1998-09-24 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.30 x1.10 x6.40l,1.14 | File type: PDF | 240 pages

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|| ||"Alonso's acute inquiry into nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts leads to an illuminating reflection on Latin America's problematic relation to modernity. With its strong arguments and subtle readings, this insightful book challenges the reader to rethink

This book offers a provocative interpretation of cultural discourse in Spanish America. Alonso argues that Spanish American cultural production constituted itself through commitment to what he calls the "narrative of futurity," that is, the uncompromising adoption of modernity. This commitment fueled a rhetorical crisis that followed the embracing of discourses regarded as "modern" in historical and economic circumstance that are themselves the negation of modernity. Thr...

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