WHEN WAS LATIN AMERICA MODERN?
Studies of the Americas Edited by James Dunkerley Institute for the Study of the Americas University of London School of Advanced Study Titles in this series are multidisciplinary studies of aspects of the societies of the hemisphere, particularly in the areas of politics, economics, history, anthropology, sociology and the environment. The series covers a comparative perspective across the Americas, including Canada and the Caribbean as well as the USA and Latin America. Titles in this series published by Palgrave Macmillan: Cuba s Military 1990 2005: Revolutionary Soldiers during Counter-Revolutionary Times By Hal Klepak The Judicialization of Politics in Latin America Edited by Rachel Sieder, Line Schjolden, and Alan Angell Latin America: A New Interpretation By Laurence Whitehead Appropriation as Practice: Art and Identity in Argentina By Arnd Schneider America and Enlightenment Constitutionalism Edited by Gary L. McDowell and Johnathan O Neill Vargas and Brazil: New Perspectives Edited by Jens R. Hentschke When Was Latin America Modern? Edited by Nicola Miller and Stephen Hart Debating Cuban Exceptionalism Edited by Laurence Whitehead and Bert Hoffman Caribbean Land and Development Revisited Edited by Jean Besson and Janet Momsen The Hispanic World and American Intellectual Life By Iván Jaksic Bolivia: Revolution and the Power of History in the Present By James Dunkerley Brazil, Portugal, and the Black Atlantic Edited by Nancy Naro, Roger Sansi-Roca and David Treece The Role of Mexico s Plural in Latin American Literary and Political Culture By John King Democratization, Development, and Legality: Chile 1831 1973 By Julio Faundez The Republican Party and Immigration Politics in the 1990s: Take Back Your Tired, Your Poor By Andrew Wroe Faith and Impiety in Revolutionary Mexico By Matthew Butler
When Was Latin America Modern? Edited by Nicola Miller and Stephen Hart
WHEN WAS LATIN AMERICA MODERN? Nicola Miller and Stephen Hart, 2007. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2007 978-1-4039-8000-7 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published in 2007 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-53864-5 ISBN 978-0-230-60304-2 (ebook) DOI 10.1057/9780230603042 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data When was Latin America modern? / edited by Nicola Miller and Stephen Hart. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-349-53864-5 1. Latin America Civilization Congresses. 2. Civilization, Modern Congresses. I. Miller, Nicola. II. Hart, Stephen M. E1408.3.W46 2007 980 dc22 2006050734 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: April 2007 10987654321
Contents Introduction: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Modernity in Latin America 1 Nicola Miller Part I Views from the Historical and Social Sciences 1 Geographies of Modernity in Latin America: Uneven and Contested Development 21 Sarah A. Radcliffe 2 Modernity and Tradition: Shifting Boundaries, Shifting Contexts 49 Peter Wade 3 Mid-Nineteenth-Century Modernities in the Hispanic World 69 Guy Thomson 4 When Was Latin America Modern? A Historian s Response 91 Alan Knight Part II Views from Literary and Cultural Studies 5 When Was Peru Modern? On Declarations of Modernity in Peru 121 William Rowe 6 Belatedness as Critical Project: Machado de Assis and the Author as Plagiarist 147 João Cezar de Castro Rocha 7 Cuban Cinema: A Long Journey toward the Light 167 Julio García Espinosa
vi CONTENTS 8 Culture and Communication in Inter-American Relations: The Current State of an Asymmetric Debate 177 Néstor García Canclini Conclusion: When Was Latin America Modern? 191 Laurence Whitehead List of Contributors 207 Index 211