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modern poetics and hemispheric american cultural studies
p with the rise of globalization the american hemisphere has been integrated economically and politically.but what is the role of culture in this new integrationto what extent do the americas share a common culture this book starts from the premise that cultural conflict is inherent to all american cultures.thus the only way to study national cultures hemispherically is to examine the inter cultural collisions both between american nations and within them.through readings of key 20th century texts read argues that such conflicts form a distinctly poetic process.modernist and vanguardista poets sought to make the language of cultural conflict & 8211 ; translation & 8211 ; into a concrete reality in its own right the language of the americas .
hardcover palgrave macmillan 2009 isbn13 9780230615960 isbn10 0230615961
abridged n isbn 13 9780230615960 number in series 1 number of pages 228 publisher palgrave macmillan release date 62135769600000 series title studies of the americas