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Lope de Aguirre, Hugo Chávez, and the Latin American Left : the wrath of liberation /

This book analyzes how Lope de Aguirre's exaltation by the Latin American left represented not only the heroic struggle against empires, but also the wrathful dimension of the anti-imperialist and liberationist imagination, which was capable of justifying vengeful and tyrannical projects in an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Poggi, Alfredo Ignacio, 1983- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2020]
Subjects:
Aguirre, Lope de, > -1561 > Influence.
Aguirre, Lope de, > -1561 > In literature.
Chávez Frías, Hugo.
Imperialism > Historiography.
Spain > Colonies > America > Historiography.
New Left > Latin America.
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Summary:This book analyzes how Lope de Aguirre's exaltation by the Latin American left represented not only the heroic struggle against empires, but also the wrathful dimension of the anti-imperialist and liberationist imagination, which was capable of justifying vengeful and tyrannical projects in an attempt to reestablish some kind of historical balance.
Physical Description:xiii, 127 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-116) and index.
ISBN:9781793626165
1793626162