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.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Columbus :
Ohio State University Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Global Latin/o Americas.
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-233) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814214367 0814214363 9780814255759 0814255752 |