Cuban Counterpoints
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Cuban Counterpoints

The Legacy of Fernando Ortiz

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eBook - ePub

Cuban Counterpoints

The Legacy of Fernando Ortiz

About this book

While Fernando Ortiz's contribution to our understanding of Cuba and Latin America more generally has been widely recognized since the 1940s, recently there has been renewed interest in this scholar and activist who made lasting contributions to a staggering array of fields. This book is the first work in English to reassess Ortiz's vast intellectual universe. Essays in this volume analyze and celebrate his contribution to scholarship in Cuban history, the social sciences-notably anthropology-and law, religion and national identity, literature, and music. Presenting Ortiz's seminal thinking, including his profoundly influential concept of 'transculturation', Cuban Counterpoints explores the bold new perspectives that he brought to bear on Cuban society. Much of his most challenging and provocative thinking-which embraced simultaneity, conflict, inherent contradiction and hybridity-has remarkable relevance for current debates about Latin America's complex and evolving societies.

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Yes, you can access Cuban Counterpoints by Mauricio A. Font,Alfonso W. Quiroz in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Law & International Law. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
2004
eBook ISBN
9780739153802
Edition
1
Topic
Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction: The Intellectual Legacy of Fernando Ortiz
  8. Part I: Life and Education
  9. Part II: Interpreting Cuban History
  10. Part III: Social Sciences and Law
  11. Part IV: Racial Diversity, Religion, and National Identity
  12. Part V: Literature and Music
  13. Bibliography
  14. Index
  15. Contributors