Facundo and the Construction of Argentine Culture(English, Electronic book text, Goodrich Diana Sorensen)

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Facundo and the Construction of Argentine Culture(English, Electronic book text, Goodrich Diana Sorensen) is written by Goodrich Diana Sorensen and published by University of Texas Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 029277902X (ISBN 10) and 9780292779020 (ISBN 13).

Domingo F. Sarmiento's classic 1845 essay Facundo, Civilizacion y Barbarie opened an inquiry into the nature of Argentinian culture that continues to the present day. In this elegantly written study, Diana Sorensen Goodrich explores the varied, and often conflicting, readings that Facundo has received since its publication and shows how these readings have contributed to the making and remaking of the Argentine nation and its culture. Goodrich's analysis sheds new light on the intersection between canon formation and nation-building. While much has been written about Facundo as a primary text in Latin American letters, this is the first study that locates it within the problematics of canon formation and the cultural, social, and political contexts in which conflicting interpretations are constructed. This new approach to Facundo illuminates the interactions among institutions, cultural ideologies, and political life. This book will be important reading for everyone interested in questions of national identity and the institutionalization of a national tradition.