The Art of Transition - Latin American Culture and Neoliberal Crisis

"Two centuries ago, Villemain described literature as an expression of society; one century later Benedetto Croce replied that what really counts is that literature is always expression. Proving both right, Francine Masiello has written a much-needed book that brings back the aesthetic dimension to a study of current Spanish American literary production grounded on her exceptionally insightful understanding of the current turn in the history of the region."--Tulio Halperin-Donghi, author of "The Contemporary History of Latin America"

List of contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments
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Introduction

Part I. Masks
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1. In Search of a Subject: Latin American Intellectuals at Century’s End
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2. The Spectacle of “Difference”>
Part II. Maps
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3. Gender Traffic on the North/South Horizon
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4. Bodies in Transit: Travel, Translation, and Sexuality
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Part III. Markets
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5. The Politics of the Test: Experience, Representation, and the Return of lo popular
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6. From Museum to Street: Poetry for the New Millennium

Notes

Works Cited

Index

About the author

Francine Masiello is Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of several books, including Between Civilization and Barbarism: Women, Nation, and Literary Culture in Modern Argentina.

Summary

Addresses the problems defined by writers and artists during the post-dictatorship years in Argentina and Chile, years in which both countries aggressively adopted neo-liberal market-driven economies.

Product details

• Authors: Francine Masiello, Masiello, Francine Masiello
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.09.2001
• EAN: 9780822328063
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2806-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Weight: 866 g
• Illustrations: 10 b&w photos
• Series: Latin America Otherwise; Latin America Otherwise: Langu; Latin America Otherwise
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Amerikanische Geschichte, Zweite Hälfte 20. Jahrhundert (1950 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Kulturwissenschaften, Süd- und Zentralamerika (inklusive Mexiko), Lateinamerika, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Wirtschaftssysteme und -strukturen