TheLatinAmerican CulturalStudiesReader The Latin American Cultural Studies Reader EditedbyAnaDelSarto,AliciaR´ıos,andAbrilTrigo dukeuniversitypress durhamandlondon2004 © 2004 Duke University Press. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper ∞ Designed by Rebecca M. Giménez. Typeset in Quadraat by Wilstead & Taylor. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data appear on the last printed page of this book. contents Acknowledgments,ix abriltrigo GeneralIntroduction,1 I.Forerunners introductionbyaliciar´ıos TraditionsandFracturesinLatinAmericanCulturalStudies,15 antoniocandido LiteratureandUnderdevelopment,35 darcyribeiro ExcerptsfromTheAmericasandCivilization: ‘‘EvolutionaryAccelerationandHistoricalIncorporation,’’‘‘The GenuineandtheSpurious,’’and‘‘NationalEthnicTypology,’’58 robertoferna´ndezretamar Caliban:NotesTowarda DiscussionofCultureinOurAmerica,83 antoniocornejopolar IndigenismoandHeterogeneous Literatures:TheirDoubleSocioculturalStatute,100 antoniocornejopolar Mestizaje,Transculturation, Heterogeneity,116 angelrama LiteratureandCulture,120 II.Foundations introductionbyanadelsarto The1980s:FoundationsofLatinAmericanCulturalStudies,153 jeanfranco PlottingWomen:PopularNarrativesforWomen intheUnitedStatesandinLatinAmerica,183 carlosmonsiva´is WouldSoManyMillionsofPeople NotEndUpSpeakingEnglish?TheNorthAmerican CultureandMexico,203 robertoschwarz BrazilianCulture:Nationalism byElimination,233 beatrizsarlo Intellectuals:ScissionorMimesis?250 waltermignolo TheMovableCenter:Geographical DiscoursesandTerritorialityDuringtheExpansion oftheSpanishEmpire,262 jose´ joaqu´ınbrunner NotesonModernityand PostmodernityinLatinAmericanCulture,291 jesu´smart´ın-barbero ANocturnalMapto ExploreaNewField,310 ne´storgarc´ıacanclini CulturalStudiesfromthe 1980stothe1990s:AnthropologicalandSociological PerspectivesinLatinAmerica,329 III.Practices introductionbyabriltrigo The1990s:PracticesandPolemicswithinLatinAmerican CulturalStudies,347 irenesilverblatt PoliticalDisfranchisement,375 beatrizgonza´lezstephan OnCitizenship: TheGrammatologyoftheBody-Politic,384 eduardoarchetti MaleHybridsintheWorldofSoccer,406 adria´ngorelikandgracielasilvestri ThePast astheFuture:AReactiveUtopiainBuenosAires,427 anam.lo´pez TearsandDesire:WomenandMelodrama inthe‘‘Old’’MexicanCinema,441 francinemasiello TheUnbearableLightnessof History:BestsellerScriptsforOurTimes,459 renatoortiz LegitimacyandLifestyles,474 danielmato TheTransnationalMakingofRepresentations ofGender,Ethnicity,andCulture:IndigenousPeoples’ OrganizationsattheSmithsonianInstitution’sFestival,498 gustavoa.remedi TheProductionofLocalPublicSpheres: CommunityRadioStations,513 roma´ndelacampa MimicryandtheUncannyin CaribbeanDiscourse,535 jose´ rabasa OfZapatismo:ReflectionsontheFolkloric andtheImpossibleinaSubalternInsurrection,561 debraa.castillo,mar´ıagudeliarangelgo´mez, andarmandorosassol´ıs TentativeExchanges: TijuanaProstitutesandTheirClients,584 juanflores TheLatinoImaginary:Meaningsof CommunityandIdentity,606 IV.PositionsandPolemics johnbeverley WritinginReverse:OntheProject oftheLatinAmericanSubalternStudiesGroup,623 mabelmoran˜a TheBoomoftheSubaltern,643 georgeyu´dice LatinAmericanIntellectualsin aPost-HegemonicEra,655 hugoachugar Local/GlobalLatinAmericanisms: ‘‘TheoreticalBabbling,’’aproposRobertoFerna´ndez Retamar,669 nellyrichard IntersectingLatinAmericawithLatin Americanism:AcademicKnowledge,TheoreticalPractice, andCulturalCriticism,686 albertomoreiras IrruptionandConservation: SomeConditionsofLatinAmericanistCritique,706 neillarsen TheCulturalStudiesMovementandLatin America:AnOverview,728 johnkraniauskas HybridityinaTransnationalFrame: LatinAmericanistandPostcolonialPerspectiveson CulturalStudies,736 antoniocornejopolar MestizajeandHybridity: TheRisksofMetaphors—Notes,760 WorksCited,765 AcknowledgmentofCopyrights,805 Index,811 acknowledgments T hisbookhasbeenpossiblethankstothedirectparticipationorin- direct contribution of many friends and colleagues who, over the years,haveenrichedthefieldandourownreflections.Thisincludes, ofcourse,ourcontributorstothisvolume,butalsomanyotherextraor- dinaryscholarswho,duetoreasonsofspace,wehavenotbeenableto countinitspages.WewouldalsoliketothankChristineMcIntyreand ChristopherDennisfortheirmeticulousprofessionalismintranslating someofthemostdifficulttextsandtheirrigorouseditingadviceinthe finalstagesoftheproject.WethankOhioStateUniversity,particularly AssistantDeanChrisZacker,andKenyonCollegefortheirgeneroussup- portintheinitialstepsoftheproject,whichmadepossiblethetransla- tionofseveraloftheessaysincluded.AliciaR´ıossetsasideaspecialmen- tionforStanfordUniversityandUniversidadSimo´nBol´ıvar.Finally,we owespecialthankstoReynoldsSmith,oureditor,forhisconfidencein thisprojectallalong,hisconstantencouragement,andhisfriendlyad- vice, and to our anonymous reviewers for their invaluable recommen- dations. Forgenerouspermissiontopublishthesetexts,totallyorpartially,we thank the many journals and publishers who have acceded to our re- quests,inmanycasespromptly,asindicatedintheAcknowledgmentof Copyrights.