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The group's "Founding Statement" was published originally in the journal Boundary 2 , attacking "the limits of elite historiography in relation to the subaltern" (112). As Horacio Legras summarizes, the group "was largely preoccupied with the different forms in which elite practices disavowed the originality and independence of Subaltern actions" (126).

The group's work resulted in a Reader, various journal special issues, and also influenced individual book projects of some of those who are among the most significant contibutors to their field.

Among the group's members were:




REFERENCES


  • John Beverley, ''Subalternity and Representation: Arguments in Cultural Theory'' (Durham NC: Duke University Press, 1999).

  • Latin American Subaltern Studies Group, “Founding Statement.” ''boundary 2'' 20.3 (1993): 110-121.

  • Horacio Legras, Review of ''The Latin American Subaltern Studies Reader''. ''The Americas'' 61.1 (2004) 125-127.

  • Ileana Rodríguez (ed.), ''The Latin American Subaltern Studies Reader'' (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2001).

  • Ileana Rodríguez, “Is there a Need for Subaltern Studies?” ''Disposition'' 52, 25 (2005): 43-63.

  • Gustavo Verdesio, ed., ''Latin American Subaltern Studies Revisited'' Special issue of ''Dispositio/Disposition'' 25: 52 (2005).



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