Strange Pilgrimages Exile, Travel, and National Identity in Latin America, 1800D1990s

An engaging, delightful, and informative collection of essays by and about Latin Americans who 'discover' Europe and North America. Beginning with Andres Bello's nearly thirty-year exile in London and ending with Carmen Miranda's experiences in 1940s Hollywood, Strange Pilgrimages covers a lot of ground and covers it very well. This is truly an essential book for anyone interested in Latin American identity and its relationship to global culture. -- Nicolas Shumway/Tomas Rivera, Dir. Institute Latin-Am Studies/Regents Prof Spanish-Am Lit University Of Texas At Austin A unique collection of essays that explores hitherto unexamined terrain: not Latin America as the West's other, but the West as Latin America's other. These studies of Latin American travelers and Latin American exile communities furnish both scholars and students with a pioneering agenda of topics to further ponder and research. -- Mauricio Tenorio Trillo, Associate Professor of History, University of Texas - Austin An essential book for anyone interested in Latin American identity and its relationship to global culture. British Bulletin of Publications on Latin America, the Caribbean, Portugal and Spain