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Article: The Cambridge Companion to Modern Latin American Culture.(Book review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- October 1, 2006
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The Cambridge Companion to Modern Latin American Culture. Ed. by JOHN KING. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2004. xxiv+356 pp. 45 [pounds sterling] (pbk 16.99 [pounds sterling]). ISBN 0-521-63151-3 (pbk 0-531-63651-5).
Considering the diversity of Latin America and its peoples, it is an immensely challenging task to produce a useful guide to modern Latin American culture that avoids randomness and delivers a coherent collection of essays. However, the editor and contributors to The Cambridge Companion to Modern Latin American Culture have fully succeeded in their task of writing an insightful book which introduces the reader to the ample and diverse ...