Civilisation and Authenticity - The Search for Cultural Uniqueness in the Narrative Fiction of Alejo Carpentier and Julio Cortazar

Lays bare the underlying logic of a Latin Americanist discourse through some of the continent's influential thinkers, including Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Jose Marti, Jose Enrique Rodo, Jose Vasconcelos, Fernando Ortiz, Roberto Fernandez Retamar, Nestor Garcia Canclini, and Walter Mignolo.