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The Chair for the History of Latin America (Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim König and Dr. Stefan Rinke) at the Katholische Universität Eichstätt, Germany, cordially invites interested scholars to a conference/workshop "Norte-Americanización of Latin America? The New Cultural History of Inter-American Relations" (July 5-7, 2001).
In the course of the 20th century, 'Norte-Americanización' has become a crucial factor in Latin America penetrating all spheres of life. Despite its overwhelming social relevance to Latin American Studies research has so far largely shunned the question. However, a new cultural history of inter-American relations has lately started to focus on this and related questions. In our conference/workshop we will discuss the new approaches and the new research that is now under way.
Program:
Thursday, July 5, 2001
Arrival until 3:00 p.m.
3:00-6:00: The Concept of Americanization as a Global Phenomenon
The President of the Katholische Universität Eichstätt:
Welcome
Hans-Joachim König (Katholische Universität Eichstätt):
Introductory Remarks
Berndt Ostendorf (Universität München):
Americanization and anti-Americanism in the Process
of `Glocalization´
Ricardo Pérez Montfort (CIESAS, México D.F.):
"Down Mexico way": Stereotypes and North American Tourism
in Mexico, 1920-1940
Friday, July 6, 2001
9:00-10:45 a.m. Dimensions of Economic and Political Hegemony
Thomas F. O'Brien (University of Houston):
A Shared Vision: The State and Private Sectors in Latin America.
Thomas Fischer (Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg):
Bringing Latin America Back In? The Latin American Debate on the Monroe Doctrine in the 1920s.
10:45-11:00 a.m. Coffee Break
11:00-12:45 p.m. Cultural Imitation or Delimitation?
Josef Raab (Universität Bielefeld):
Constructing Literary Models: The Case of Jorge Luis Borges
Mariano Plotkin (New York University/Buenos Aires):
Images from the South. The USA in Sur and Punto de Vista
12:45-2:30 p.m. Lunch Break
2:30-4:15 p.m. Consumerism and the Rise of Mass Cultures
Jürgen Buchenau (University of North Carolina, Charlotte):
Marketing 'Necessities' in Mexico: A German Hardware Store Between Americanization and Mexican Nationalism, 1900 to Present
Luis Rodolfo Morán Quiroz (Centro de investigaciones pedagógias y sociales de la secretaría de educación, Jalisco, México):
The Other Imperialism: Religious Convictions and Local Cultures in Transterritorial Communities North and South of the Rio Grande
4:15-4:30 p.m. Coffee Break
4:30-6:15 p.m. Changing Gender Relations and the Role
of the U.S. Model
Lynn Stoner (Arizona State University):
Conrado Massaguer, Beauty, and the Cuban National Sense
of Self
Stefan Rinke (Katholische Universität Eichstätt):
Voyeuristic Exoticism or the Multiple Uses of the Image
of U.S. Women in Chile
Saturday, July 7, 2001
9:00-11:00 a.m. Nationalist Counter Models
Seth Feith (Georgia State University/Yale University):
Nationalizing the Transnational: Gendered Cinema and U.S.-Mexican Relations in the Second World War
Corinne A. Pernet (Universität Zürich):
The Creation of Chilean Folklore: Chilean Cultural Institutions between Nationalism and Pan-Americanism, 1930 to 1950
11:00-11:30 a.m. Coffee
11:30-12:30 p.m. Discussion: The Norte-Americanización of Latin America
12:30 p.m. End of Conference
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