Three Roads South: Search for a Latin American Cultural Identity / Edition 1

by Lloyd K. Hulse

Overview

Three Roads South: Search for a Latin American Cultural Identity, the English edition of Tres caminos hacia el sur, offers as before, but to a broader readership, three different approaches to understanding Latin American culture. The first is a concise, informative introduction that highlights the ethnic and geographical diversity of the area, before examining the causes of its socioeconomic and political divisions. The second, in contrast, is an in-depth exploration of the common values and traits that constitute the cultural mainstream of Latin America. Finally, the third approach, from the perspective of the author's personal experience, seeks to bring the cultural values and traits of Latin America into a sharper focus through an analysis of mutual Latin and Anglo American stereotypes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761824466
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	12/04/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	118
Product dimensions:	4.82(w) x 8.44(h) x 0.41(d)

About the Author

Lloyd K. Hulse is Professor of Spanish Emeritus at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Variety of Latin America: Countries and Inhabitants; Classification of the Latin American Countries; Historical, Social, Geographic, and Economic Divisiveness; Ethnic Variety, Subcultures and Problems of Integration Chapter 2 The Cultural Unity of Latin America: Language and Religion; Search for Identity: Attitudes, Ideals, Wishes and Hopes; The Colossal Geography of the Americas; New Worldism; The Colonial Unity; Mestizaje, Syncretism, Abundance, Baroque; Personal Chapter 3 The Third Road: Stereotypes: Origins and Significance; Stereotypes of the Gringo; Stereotypes of the Latino