Nazism, the Second World War and the Holocaust in Contemporary Latin - American Fictio

Informationen zum Autor Emily M. Baker is a research specialist in Comparative Literature and Latin American Studies at University College London. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and previously lectured at Cambridge University and Birkbeck College, University of London. Klappentext "Addressing the question of why many Latin American fiction authors are writing about Nazism, the Second World War and the Holocaust now, this book charts the evolution of Latin American literary production from the 19th Century, through the late 20th century 'Boom', to the present day. Containing texts from Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina and Chile, it analyses work by some of the most well-known contemporary writers including Roberto Bolaäno, Juan Gabriel Vâasquez, Jorge Volpi, Lucâia Puenzo, Patricio Pron and Michel Laub; as well as notable precursors such as Jorge Luis Borges, Carlos Fuentes and Ricardo Piglia. Nazism, the Second World War and the Holocaust in Contemporary Latin American Fiction argues that these authors find Nazism relevant to thinking through some of the most urgent contemporary challenges we face: from racism, to the unequal division of wealth and labour between the Global 'North' and 'South'; and, of course, the general failure of democracy to eliminate fascism"-- Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Chapter Outline; 1. Nazism as Allegory in Argentine Fiction: From Dictatorship to Neoliberalism in El comienzo de la primavera by Patricio Pron and Wakolda by Lucía Puenzo; 2. Nazism and Borges: Contemporary Re-Readings by Roberto Bolaño and Marcos Peres; 3. Myth Interrupted: Identity and the Absence of Nation in En busca de Klingsor by Jorge Volpi and Amphitryon by Ignacio Padilla; 4. Sovereignty, Democracy, and 'Nonselfsufficiency' through Touch in Los informantes by Juan Gabriel Vásquez and Diário da Queda by Michel Laub; Epilogue.

Product details

• Authors: Emily M Baker, Emily M. Baker, Emily M. (University College London) Baker
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9781316512425
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51242-5
• No. of pages: 262
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; Latin America, LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American, Spanish, Fascism & Nazism, Second World War, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Far-right political ideologies and movements, History of the Americas, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000