Archibalds engaging and incisive commentary delves into the fascinating complexities of the indigenista movement in the Andes. J. M. Arguedas is central in her analysis, of course, yet she brings much more to the discussion: the practice of anthropological theory, the role of cultural agency in indigenous video production, and the political tensions of transnational urban contexts. -- Regina Harrison, University of Maryland, author of Signs, Songs, and Memory in the Andes Imagining Modernity in the Andes overcomes the narrowness of Arguedan studies to date by showing how Andean cultures have fundamentally shaped Latin America. It is an outstanding work and will undoubtedly prove to be a major contribution to Andean studies. -- Silvia Spitta, author of Misplaced Objects: Migrating Collections and Recollections in Europe and the Americas and Between Two Waters: This multidisciplinary work deals with literature, cultural discourse, and some aspects of the social sciences in relation to new configurations of indigenista studies in Peru....The author starts with an analysis of novelists and essayists of the 1920s, seen here as the Peruvian founding fathers of the indigenista movement, and concludes with a study of recent depictions of urbanization and filmmaking in the 1990s. The fictional and anthropological works of José María Arguedas are central to this book, and Archibald examines them in conjunction with constructions of race, ethnicity, and political ideology. This informative overview complements major contributions to the field--Estelle Taricas The Inner Life of Mestizo Nationalism (CH, Dec08, 46-1959) and Jorge Coronados The Andes Imagined (CH, Oct09, 47-0744), both broad-based engagements with indigenismo. In terms of theory, all three titles are indebted to Benedict Andersons seminal work on nationalism. Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty. * CHOICE *
