Constructing Collective Identities and Shaping Public Spheres: Latin American Paths

Illustrates how different collective identities in Latin America have access to, and participation in, the public domain, and examines the historical experience of societies marked by social, political, and intellectual struggles as each shapes a collective identity according to competing visions of modernity. Subjects include patriotism and the nation in colonial Spanish America, human rights violations and the reshaping of collective identities, and Latin American intellectuals and collective identity. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR