Global Latin America: Into the Twenty-First Century / Edition 1

by Matthew C. Gutmann, Jeffrey Lesser

Overview

Latin America is home to emerging global powers such as Brazil and Mexico and has important links to other titans including China, India, and Africa. Global Latin America examines a range of historical events and cultural forms in Latin America that continue to influence peoples’ lives far outside the region. Its innovative essays, interviews, and stories focus on insights from public intellectuals, political leaders, artists, academics, and activists from the region, allowing students to gain an appreciation of the global relevance of Latin America in the twenty-first century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520277731
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	09/20/2016
Series:	The Global Square , #1
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	376
Sales rank:	883,312
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Matthew Gutmann is Professor of Anthropology, Director of the Brown International Advanced Research Institutes (BIARI), and Faculty Fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University. Jeffrey Lesser is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History at Emory University. 
 
 

Table of Contents

List of Figures xiii

Introducing The Global Square Book Series Matthew Gutmann Jeffrey Lesser xv

Acknowledgments xvii

Chasing Che: Introduction to Global Latin America Jeffrey Lesser Matthew Gutmann 1

Part 1 The Latin American Past in the Global Present

Introduction 15

1 Looking at the Past and the Future without Fear: An Interview with Ricardo Lagos Matthew Gutmann 19

2 The Conversion of Francis: The First Latin American Pope and the Women He Needs Nancy Scheper-Hughes Jennifer Scheper Hughes 37

3 Fidel Castro: The First Superdelegate Greg Grandin 58

Poem: "Cruces de fronteras / Border Crossings" Renato Rosaldo 67

4 From Illustrating Problems to Offering Solutions: Latin America as a Global Source of Social Innovation Gabriel Hetland Peter Evans 72

Manga: "Che Guevara" Kiyosbi Konno Chie Shimano 89

Part 2 Tongues and Feet

Introduction 93

5 Borges's Library: Latin America, Language, and the World Paja Faudree Daniel Suslak 97

6 Love, Protest, Dance, Remix Michelle Bigenho 114

Poem: "Lo prohibido" Renato Rosaldo 129

7 Breaking the Machine: South American Fútbol Brenda Elsey 131

8 Roy Choi, Ricardo Zárate, and Pacific Fusion Cuisine in Los Angeles Sarah Portnoy Jeffrey M. Pilcher 146

Part 3 Science, Technology, and Health

Introduction 163

9 The Rise of Brazil's Globally Connected Amazon Soybean Agriculture Christopher Neill Marcia N. Macedo 167

10 Constructing Parallels: Brazilian Experts in Mozambique Wendy Wolforal Ryan Nehring 187

Poem: "Perfecto Flores" Renato Rosaldo 205

11 A Long Strange Trip: Latin America's Contribution to World Drug Culture Paul Gootenberg 207

Part 4 Communities

Introduction 221

Introduction to Rigoberta Menchú Turn 225

12 Nobel Lecture Rigoberta Menchú Tum 227

13 Sex Worker Activism and Labor Denise Brennan 240

Poem: "Ajustes familiares / Family Adjustments" Renato Rosaldo 253

14 Latin American Travel: The Other Side of Tourism Encounters Florence E. Babb 256

15 Brazil Circles the Globe Ruben George Oliven 271

Part 5 Art Moves the World

Introduction 287

16 The Latin American Novel as International Merchandise Ilan Stavans 291

17 Traveling Melodrama: Telenovelas and Exporting Southern Moralities; or, How Can Something So Bad Still Be So Good? O. Hugo Benavides 302

Poem: "Los invisibles / Invisibility" Renato Rosaldo 315

18 The Girl from Shinjuku: How a Japanese Brazilian Diva Keeps Bossa Nova Alive in China Fabiano Maisonnave 316

19 "More than a Nationality": An Interview with Gael García Bernal about Latin American Cinema and the World Alma Guillermoprieto 316

About the Editors and Contributors 339

Index 345