Child Miniature Messages

The Semiotics and Politics of Latin American Postage Stamps
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8927-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 284 Seiten

An analysis of the messages about history, culture, and politics that Latin American nations have encoded in the design and text of their postage stamps.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Child, Jack

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations ix

Preface xv

Acknowledgments xix

Introduction 1

1. Semiotics, Popular Culture, Politics, and Stamps 13

2. An Overview of Latin American Postage Stamps 43

3. Internal Politics and Latin American Stamps 57

4. International Relations and Latin American Stamps 75

5. Argentina 95

6. The Falklands/Malvinas 124

7. South American Antarctica 142

8. Other Miniature Messages of Note 161

Conclusions 190

Notes 197

General Index 225

Index of Stamps 235

Über Autor(innen)

Jack Child is a professor in the Department of Language and Foreign Studies at American University in Washington. He is the author of many books and articles on Latin American culture, translation, and geopolitics.