False documents : inter-American cultural history, literature, and the lost decade (1975-1992) /

Examines the work of writers and journalists from Hispanic America, Brazil and the United States from the 1970s to 1990s who appropriated history as a tool for repositioning democracies in a hemispheric context in order to expose how governments controlled and misrepresented events.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weiser, Frans (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [2020]
Series:Global Latin/o Americas.
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Description
Summary:Examines the work of writers and journalists from Hispanic America, Brazil and the United States from the 1970s to 1990s who appropriated history as a tool for repositioning democracies in a hemispheric context in order to expose how governments controlled and misrepresented events.
Physical Description:x, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-233) and index.
ISBN:9780814214367
0814214363
9780814255759
0814255752