Professor Leslie Bethell is Emeritus Professor of Latin American History in the University of London and an Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford. He was Director of the University of London Institute of Latin American Studies from 1987 to 1992 and the University of Oxford Centre for Brazilian Studies from 1997 to 2007. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centro de Pesquisa e Documentacao de Historia Contemporanea do Brasil at the Fundacao Getulio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Latin American narrative since c 1920
129

Latin American poetry c 19201950
223

Latin American poetry since 1950
257

Indigenous literatures and cultures in twentiethcentury
287

Latin American music c 1920c 1980
307

Latin American architecture c 1920c 1980
365

Latin American art since c 1920
393

Latin American cinema
455

University of Warwick
483

Latin American broadcasting
519

Bibliographical essays
569

Index
623

"Volume 10 of the Cambridge History of Latin America merits the acclaim that greeted its forerunners... this volume is state-of-the-art...substantial and impressive achievements." - Bulletin of Latin American Research

"...brings close to completion a project that has already succeeded in providing the most authoritative overview of the current state of Latin American historiography." - Journal of Latin American Studies

"Volume 10 of the Cambridge History of Latin America crowns a remarkable historiographical achievement: the best scholarship available in English on Latin America from pre-Columbian times to the present by and international team of scholars.... an enduring testament to the maturity and continued vitality of the field of Latin American history.... All the essays are of outstanding quality.... provides a wealth of information about Latin American cultures but also, because of its focus on cultural identity in relation to modernity.... a useful criterion for understanding the internal dynamics of cultural expression in twentieth-century Latin America. This is a welcome ending to a monumental contribution to the field." - Hispanic American Historical Review