{"product_id":"9780816650057","title":"The Inner Life of Mestizo Nationalism","description":"Author: Estelle Tarica\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780816650057\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 23 Jul 2008\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only recent English-language work on Spanish-American indigenismo from a literary perspective, Estelle Tarica's work shows how modern Mexican and Andean discourses about the relationship between Indians and non-Indians create a unique literary aesthetic that is instrumental in defining the experience of mestizo nationalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngaging with narratives by Jess Lara, Jose Mara Arguedas, and Rosario Castellanos, among other thinkers, Tarica explores the rhetorical and ideological aspects of interethnic affinity and connection. In her examination, she demonstrates that these connections posed a challenge to existing racial hierarchies in Spanish America by celebrating a new kind of national self at the same time that they contributed to new forms of subjection and discrimination. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoing beyond debates about the relative merits of indigenismo and mestizaje, Tarica puts forward a new perspective on indigenista literature and modern mestizo identities by revealing how these ideologies are symptomatic of the dilemmas of national subject formation. The Inner Life of Mestizo Nationalism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e offers insight into the contemporary resurgence and importance of indigenista discourses in Latin America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstelle Tarica is associate professor of Latin American literature and culture at the University of California, Berkeley.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919101280414,"sku":"ING-9780816650057","price":37.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780816650057.jpg?v=1782807722","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780816650057","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}