Negotiating Space in Latin America

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-38070-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 32, 332 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Reihe: Spatial Practices

Winner of the 2020 “Outstanding Academic Title” Award, created by Choice Magazine.

In Negotiating Space in Latin America, edited by Patricia Vilches, contributors approach spatial practices from multidisciplinary angles. Drawing on cultural studies, film studies, gender studies, geography, history, literary studies, sociology, tourism, and current events, the volume advances innovative conceptualizations on spatiality and treats subjects that range from nineteenth century-nation formation to twenty-first century social movements.

Latin America has endured multiple spatial transformations, which contributors analyze from the perspective of the urban, the rural, the market, and the political body. The essays collected here signal how spatial processes constantly shape societal interactions and illuminate the complex relationships between humans and space, emphasizing the role of spatiality in our actions and perceptions.

Contributors: Gail A. Bulman, Ana María Burdach Rudloff, James Craine, Angela N. DeLutis-Eichenberger, Carolina Di Próspero, Gustavo Fares, Jennifer Hayward, Silvia Hirsch, Edward Jackiewicz, Magdalena Maiz-Peña, Lucía Melgar, Silvia Nagy-Zekmi, Luis H. Peña, Jorge Saavedra Utman, Rosa Tapia, Juan de Dios Torralbo Caballero, Tera Trujillo, Patricia Vilches, and Gareth Wood.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Vilches, Patricia

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Notes on Contributors

Part 1

Introduction

Dis/locating Space in Latin America

Patricia Vilches

Part 2

Reclaiming Space

1 Occupying Space and Time: Enabling Communicative Ecologies for Democracy

Jorge Saavedra Utman

2 Reclaiming the Streets: Feminicidio and the Space of Women’s Rights in Mexico

Lucía Melgar

3 Urban Renewal and Emerging Spaces for Art and Identity: the Development of Murals in San Martín, Argentina

Silvia Hirsch and Carolina Di Próspero

4 Framed: Barrio Yungay and Chilean Immigrants Take Center Stage in Fulgor

Gail A. Bulman

Part 3

Travels, Spatial Practices and the Market

5 Temporal and Geographical Markers of Civilization in Patricio Guzmán’s El botón de nácar

Gareth Wood

6 The Commodification of History and the Spectacle of Tourism

Silvia Nagy-Zekmi

7 Differentiated Market Spaces of Lifestyle Migration: a View from Belize

Edward Jackiewicz, James Craine and Tera Trujillo

8 Politicization of Space/Spatialization of Politics in Domingo F. Sarmiento’s Argirópolis

Gustavo Fares

9 The Star of Chile: Modernity and National Identity in the Contact Zone

Ana María Burdach Rudloff and Jennifer Hayward

10 Social Space in Fanny Calderón de la Barca’s Life in Mexico

Juan de Dios Torralbo Caballero

Part 4

Space and the Body Politic

11 The Body and Incorporeal Signifier of ‘Andrés Bello’, and the 2011 Chilean Student Movement

Angela N. DeLutis-Eichenberger

12 Staging Modernity: Reports on the Murder of Delmira Agustini, Cursed Celebrity

Magdalena Maiz-Peña and Luis H. Peña

13 Affect, Spectacle, and Horror in Pablo Larraín’s Post Mortem (2010)

Rosa Tapia

14 La Moneda in Ruins: the Palace Tomb and Epitaph of Salvador Allende

Patricia Vilches

Name and Subject Index

Über Autor(innen)

Patricia Vilches, Ph.D., University of Chicago, is Professor of Spanish and Italian and Scholar in Residence at Harlaxton College. She researches Latin American cultural history and has recently edited Mapping Violeta Parra’s Cultural Landscapes (2018).