This work, the last to be completed by A. Curtis Wilgus before his death in 1981, provides a select guide to photographs, sketches, paintings, and “imaginative concepts” illustrating a wide range of Latin American themes from the preconquest period to the present. In an effort to set practical limits to the guide, Wilgus drew his selections only from currently available English-language books, encyclopedias, and periodicals (the majority published since 1940) and generally excluded cartoons and caricatures. The guide is arranged first by broad chronological division, then by region or country, and, finally, by topic. A personal name index (containing some 2,500 entries) is also included. Inevitably, in a work of this nature, one notes some surprising omissions. The topic of race mixture, for example, seems to have been neglected entirely; nor do any references appear to such important sources for illustrations as the popular magazines Mexican Life and Mexican Folkways. These and like examples aside, however, this work should serve as a valuable reference source for Latin Americanists in a number of fields.
Book Review|
November 01 1982
Latin America: A Guide to Illustrations
Latin America: A Guide to Illustrations
. By Wilgus, A. Curtis. Metuchen, N.J.
: Scarecrow Press
, 1981
. Index of Persons. Reference-Key Index
. Pp. xxviii
, 250
. Cloth. $16.00.Hispanic American Historical Review (1982) 62 (4): 726.
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Russ Davidson; Latin America: A Guide to Illustrations. Hispanic American Historical Review 1 November 1982; 62 (4): 726. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-62.4.726
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