The Cambridge History of Latin America

This volume discusses trends in twentieth-century Latin American literature, philosophy, art, music, and popular culture.

The essays in Volume X: Latin America since 1930: Ideas, Culture and Society discuss trends in twentieth-century Latin American literature, philosophy, music, art, architecture, cinema, and mass media.The essays in Volume X discuss the modernist culture of the 1920s in Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico; the renaissance of Latin American philosophy in the 1940s; major trends in Latin American narrative and poetry, including the indigenous literatures and cultures; the work of twentieth-century Latin American composers, architects, and filmmakers; Latin American mass media, including newspapers, magazines, radio and television; and the development of sculpture, painting, and mural art in the twentieth century. As such, this volume will be an important resource for scholars and general readers seeking to understand modern Latin American culture.