Latin America and the transports of opera: fragments of a transatlantic discourse

'Latin America and the Transports of Opera' studies a series of episodes in the historical and textual convergence of a hallowed art form and a part of the world often regarded as peripheral.

Perhaps unexpectedly, the archives of opera generate new arguments about several issues at the heart of the established discussion about Latin America: the allure of European cultural models; the ambivalence of exoticism; the claims of nationalism and cosmopolitanism; and, ultimately, the place of the region in the global circulation of the arts.