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memory is an important contributing element in the reformation of contemporary
cultures. This, I believe, is important, in that remaining sensitive to processes of
change and adaptation reveals much about contemporary cultural sensibilities
that are multitemporal and hetero-geneous. This is what constitutes Latin
American societies.
I am under the impression that the theoretical developments of these concerns
are what draw the attention of scholars from the metropolis, such as Jameson,
Jean Franco, Renato Rosaldo and James Lull, to the scholarship of Latin
American writers. In fact, this is what I would suggest has facilitated, in the last
few years, a dialogue both intense and frequent with these writers that was
largely absent in the past.

Note

1 This interview was made possible through a Fulbright-García Robles fellowship.

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