Argentina

Argentina: A Global Studies Handbook is a revealing look at South AmericaÕs second largest nation, providing an interdisciplinary introduction to the countryÕs economy, history, geography, politics, government, society, and culture. Argentina spans over five centuries of the nationÕs evolutionÑfrom the arrival of the conquistadors through the years of revolution and independence, from the Peron era and the often difficult post-Peron transitioning, to the surprising success of current president Nstor Kirchner. The book features both narrative chapters on the country's history and culture, and a reference section with alphabetically organized entries on important people, places, events, and more. There is no better place to begin an investigation of Argentine society and culture, its rich artistic traditions and volatile politics, and the dramatic history that shaped the nation as it is today.

Argentina - Culture Smart!

Culture Smart! Argentina provides essential information on local attitudes, beliefs and behaviour. This concise guide will tell you what to expect and how to behave. This inside knowledge will enable you to avoid embarrassing faux pas, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful relationships.

Argentina Society & Culture Complete Report

Need to know it all? Our all-inclusive culture report for Argentina will get up to speed on all aspects of culture in Argentina, including lifecycle, religion, women, superstitions & folklore, sports, holidays & festivals, and etiquette.

Argentina Travel Companion

The most comprehensive guide to Argentina ever written, this 1,000-page gem covers the country from top to toe. Over 2,500 locations are profiled - mountains, rivers, preserves, villages, historic sites, and cities. What to see and do, where to stay and eat and when to visit. From each main center you are offered a selection of excursions. Includes more than 150 maps, plus e-mail addresses and useful websites.

Frommer's® Argentina & Chile

Buenos Aires had 3 million foreign visitors in 2003, 50 percent more than in 2002; the Chilean National Tourism Service reports a 17 percent increase in foreign tourists over last year.

Argentina Women in Culture, Business & Travel

Women often occupy different roles in a foreign culture. Avoid offensive assumptions and behavior by understanding the position of women in Argentinian society: their legal rights; access to education and health care; workforce participation; and their dating, marriage, and family life.

Argentina

Describes the history, geography, government, economy, people, and culture of Argentina.

CultureShock! Argentina

With over three million copies in print, CultureShock! is a dynamic and indispensable range of guides covering countless destinations around the world. The series is especially intended for travellers who are looking to truly understand the countries they are visiting and who might even consider residing there.

Argentina

By the end of the twentieth century, Argentina’s complex identity-tango and chimichurri, Eva Perón and the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, the Falklands and the Dirty War, Jorge Luis Borges and Maradona, economic chaos and a memory of vast wealth-has become entrenched in the consciousness of the Western world. In this wide-ranging and at times poetic new work, Amy K. Kaminsky explores Argentina’s unique national identity and the place it holds in the minds of those who live beyond its physical borders. To analyze the country’s meaning in the global imagination, Kaminsky probes Argentina’s presence in a broad range of literary texts from the United States, Poland, England, Western Europe, and Argentina itself, as well as internationally produced films, advertisements, and newspaper features. Kaminsky’s examination reveals how Europe consumes an image of Argentina that acts as a pivot between the exotic and the familiar. Going beyond the idea of suffocating Eurocentrism as a theory of national identity, Kaminsky presents an original and vivid reading of national myths and realities that encapsulates the interplay among the many meanings of “Argentina” and its place in the world’s imagination. Amy Kaminsky is professor of gender, women, and sexuality studies and global studies at the University of Minnesota and author of After Exile (Minnesota, 1999).