The Latin American Urban Crónica: Between Literature and Mass Culture

By Esperança Bielsa

Book Overview

The Latin American Urban Cr oacute;nica explores the fluid relationship between high and low culture in Latin America. Paying attention to the peculiar development of the cultural fields in Latin America and to the consequences of present processes of globalization, Esperan_a Bielsa examines the contemporary cr-nica in Mexico City and Guayaquil and its role in representing unofficial culture in its widest sense.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739113763
• ISBN13: 9780739113769
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.0"