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Remontándose a los tiempos fundacionales de la nación, la autora se propone establecer las líneas de continuidad que vinculan el pasado independentista con la así llamada revolución del siglo XXI. A la luz de los mitos políticos que iluminan la noción de la venezolanidad, sin prejuicios ni valoraciones anticipadas, este libro se adentra en la identidad nacional y desenmascara las pasiones con las que se la ha construido. Señalada como una obra esencial para la comprensión de nuestra contemporaneidad, el jurado del Premio de Ensayo Debate-Casa de América 2009 "reconoció el valor y...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Publicada originalmente en 1993, Cultura e imperialismo / Culture and Imperialism es una obra indispensable que restablece el diálogo entre la literatura y la vida, y permite comprender uno de los procesos históricos y culturales más complejos de la modernidad. En el siglo XIX y prin-cipios del XX, mientras las grandes potencias se esforzaban en construir y mantener imperios que se extendían desde Australia hasta las islas del Caribe, Occidente fue el protagonista in-contestable de un esplendor cultural que vio nacer obras maestras tales como la Aida de Verdi, Mansfield Park de Jane...