LLCU 248 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Latin American Poetry, American Civil War, Mexican Revolution
20 Mar 2017
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Llcu: ernesto cardinal, argentina (presentation), emilio vasquez, chile (presentation), latin american poetry (presentation), magical realism (garcia marquez), culture/pop culture, revolution (de mayo, in. Mexican revolution, most violent revolution in this hemisphere (except american civil war) it was the first pop modern and socialist revolution (before russia). Coup d" tat in argentina with pinochet and allende. Modernity, state of affairs after industrial modernization (end of feudalism), middle class takes over, they are moving money and accumulates power on the difference of production costs and selling value (profit). Modernism, cultural and artistic response to the conditions of modernity. Culturally they lose their community and sense of belonging. You come to exist as a signature at the bottom of a contract. Alienation, artists, teachers, musicians, etc. start representing this. Present is a time of incessant crisis leading to new developments. Popular culture is denigrate, is put down as uncultured. Embassy images representing the worst treated and marginalized people in societies (canada: aboriginals,
