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

Product details

• Authors: Francine Masiello
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.09.2001
• EAN: 9780822328186
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2818-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 225 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 517 g
• Series: Latin America Otherwise
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Karibik, Kunst, allgemein, Süd- und Zentralamerika (inklusive Mexiko), Lateinamerika, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, History - General History, ART / Caribbean & Latin American, LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American, HISTORY / Latin America / General