Published in 2018 by Britannica Educational Publishing a trademark of Encyclopædia Britannica Inc in association with The Rosen Publishing Group Inc 29 East 21st Street New York NY 10010 Copyright 2018 The Rosen Publishing Group Inc and Encyclopædia Britannica Inc Encyclopædia Britannica Britannica and the Thistle logo are registered trademarks of Encyclopædia Britannica Inc All rights reserved Distributed exclusively by Rosen Publishing To see additional Britannica Educational Publishing titles go to rosenpublishing com First Edition Britannica Educational Publishing J E Luebering Executive Director Core Editorial Andrea R Field Managing Editor Compton’s by Britannica Rosen Publishing Carolyn DeCarlo Editor Nelson Sá Art Director Michael Moy Series Designer Raúl Rodriguez Book Layout Cindy Reiman Photography Manager Nicole Baker Photo Researcher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names Nichols Susan 1975 author Title The people and culture of Latin America Susan Nichols Description New York Britannica Educational Publishing in Association with Rosen Educational Services 2018 Series Exploring Latin America Audience Grades 5-8 Includes bibli ographical references and index Identifiers LCCN 2017001516 ISBN 9781680486926 eBook Subjects LCSH Latin America Social life and customs Juvenile literature Latin America Intellectual life Juvenile literature Latin America Social conditions Juve nile literature Classification LCC F1408 3 N49 2017 DDC 980 dc23 LC record available at https lccn loc gov 2017001516 Manufactured in the United States of America Photo credits Cover DEA Archivio J Lange De Agostini Getty Images pp 4 5 8 16 24 30 35 background marchello74 Shutterstock com p 4 Ben Martin The LIFE Images Collection Getty Images p 5 Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc p 6 Kryssia Campos Moment Open Getty Images p 9 DEA G Dagli Orti De Agostini Getty Images p 10 Print Collector Hulton Archive Getty Images pp 12 13 Library of Congress Washington D C neg no LC-USZC4-743 p 14 Courtesy Library Services Department American Museum of Natural History New York City Neg No 321546 p 16 inset Photos com Thinkstock pp 18 19 By lazyllama Shutterstock com p 21 Digital Vision Getty Images pp 22 23 Shostal Associates p 25 Gökhan Bozkaya Alamy Stock Photo p 27 Frank Speed pp 28 29 Hector Retamal AFP Getty Images p 31 Education Images Universal Images Group Getty Images p 32 Jon Hicks Corbis Documentary Getty Images p 33 RosaIreneBetancourt 3 Alamy Stock Photo p 36 Mondadori Portfolio Getty Images p 38 Library of Congress Washington D C neg no LC-USZ62-42516 p 40 Alex Wong Getty Images p 42 New York World Telegram Sun Collection Library of Congress Washington D C reproduction no LC-USZ62-118256 back cover By Filipe Frazao Shutterstock com
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE INDIGENOUS ROOTS CHAPTER TWO LIVING IN LATIN AMERICA 4 8 16 CHAPTER THREE RELIGION AND TRADITION IN LATIN AMERICA 24 CHAPTER FOUR RACE ETHNICITY AND LANGUAGE 30 CHAPTER FIVE THE LITERATURE AND ART OF LATIN AMERICA 35 GLOSSARY FOR FURTHER READING INDEX 44 46 47
INTRODUCTION I n 1982 the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Gabriel García Márquez the Colombian author of such celebrated novels as One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera Márquez in an interview with the New York Times expressed some anxiety about being given the coveted award Even though he was not the first writer from Latin America to receive it he feared that he would be called on to represent Latin America I must try and break through the clichés about Latin America he said in his interview Superpowers and other outsiders have fought over us for centuries in ways that have nothing to do with our problems In reality we are all alone Gabriel García Márquez Colombian novelist and winner of the Nobel Prize Márquez was referring to the way in which Latin American culture is often mis understood and misrepresented Latin America is much more diverse and dynamic than some people have assumed The term Latin America might sound strange since Latin is not spoken in this region However the term is over 150 years old and was invented to refer to the region 4
INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION A map of the Americas in 1780 shows the four Spanish viceroyalties in green and Portuguese territory Brazil in purple 5
