The Militant Song Movement in Latin America. Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina. Ed. by Pablo Vila. Lexington Books, Lanham [etc.] 2014. ix, 282 pp. $95.00; £59.95. (E-book: $94.99; £59.95.)
Abstract:Cambodia, but why these are included rather than Latin American or African examples is not clear. What, for instance, was the more general role of the Commune legend in post-World-War-II decolonization struggles? The lack of theoretical grounding especially struck me in the chapter on eroticism, which offers a pop-psychological, ''phallic'' reading of the Commune and its aftermath without referring to the conceptual debates behind it. Hardly any mention is made of the vast research on collective memory and pub… Show more
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