José María Arguedas: Reconsiderations for Latin American Studies (Volume 29) (Ohio RIS Latin America Series) - Softcover

Sandoval, Ciro A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0896802000 ISBN 13: 9780896802001

Publisher: Ohio University Press, 1998

Synopsis

José María Arguedas (1911-1969) is one of the most important authors to speak to issues of the survival of native cultures. José María Arguedas: Reconsiderations for Latin American Cultural Studies presents his views from multiple perspectives for English-speaking audiences for the first time.

The life and works of José María Arguedas reflect in a seminal way the drama of acculturation and transculturation suffered not only by what we think of as the indigenous and mestizo cultures of Peru, but by other Latin American societies as well. Intricately reflecting his pluricultural and bilingual life experience, Arguedas’s illuminating poetic visions of Andean culture cross multidisciplinary borders to transfigure pedagogical and social practices.

Few texts convey the complexity and contradictions of an Andean cosmopolitanism with the intense accuracy of Arguedas’s anthropological, ethnographic essays and literary writings. The ramifications of Arguedas’s cultural critiques have yet to be assessed, particularly as a response to the disruptive forces of modernity, acculturation, and essential identity.

José María Arguedas was a Peruvian ethnographer, anthropologist, folklorist, poet, and novelist. He based his novels and stories on the life and outlook of the Quechua-speaking Indians and was a pioneer of modern Quechua poetry.

The present anthology brings his work to the attention of broader audiences by pulling together diverse scholarly views on Arguedas’s aesthetic and multicultural contributions to the contemporary and political archipelago. It is a synthesis of his views on cultural change as it impinges upon considerations and theories of Latin American cultural studies.

About this title

About the Author:

Ciro Sandoval is Associate Professor of Spanish and Comparative Studies at Michigan Technological University.

Boschetto-Sandoval is Associate Professor of Spanish at Michigan Technological University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0896802000
• ISBN 13: 9780896802001
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 364
• Editor: Sandoval Ciro A., Boschetto-Sandoval Sandra M.