Offers an 'alternative window' into the study of LatinĪmerican history, economics, and culture (p.

That these stamps are official government documents and meet theĬriteria of a primary source. Since the introduction of postage stamps in Brazil in 1843, the LatinĪmericans have issued over 50,000 different postage stamps. 'smallest icons of Latin American popular culture' (p. As a teacher, the author alsoĬonveys the significant meanings of postage stamps to his students.Ĭhild contends that these 'miniature messages' represent the At an early age, Child developed an interest in philately that Studies at American University, was raised in Argentina by American National identity of the Latin Americans.Ĭhild, a professor in the Department of Language and Foreign The reader with keen insights into the history, politics, culture, and Child'sĮxamination of Latin America postage stamps, which includes the SouthĪtlantic Islands and the South American quadrant of Antarctica, provides Messages carried by Latin American postage stamps. In Miniature Messages: The SemioticsĪnd Politics of Latin American Postage Stamps, Jack Child successfullyĪpplies the basic principles of semiotics and politics to analyze the

Postage stamps also carried 'messages of an economic, political, or By the twentieth century, however, it was apparent that Had been paid and eliminate the requirement that the recipient pay for The original purpose of the postage stamp was to prove that postage Miniature Messages: The Semiotics and Politics of Miniature Messages: The Semiotics and Politics of Latin American Postage Stamps. Miniature Messages: The Semiotics and Politics of Latin American Postage Stamps.' Retrieved from 2010 Association of Third World Studies, Inc. Miniature Messages: The Semiotics and Politics of Latin American Postage Stamps.' The Free Library.

Miniature Messages by Jack Child