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Zusatztext Part literary criticism, part metajournalism, this book takes the reader on a fascinating journey through Latin America’s documentative non/fiction of the past half century. Describing a generic hall of mirrors, where fiction and nonfiction endlessly reflect and absorb each other’s image, Chávez Díaz interrogates the "ethical pitfalls" a literary journalist confronts as mediator between a disenfranchised informant and a narrative-hungry reader. Informationen zum Autor Liliana Chávez Díaz is Lecturer in Latin American Studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland and author of Viajar sola: identidad y experiencia de viaje en autoras hispanoamericanas (2020). She has been a journalist for over ten years, focusing on art, culture, and science. Chávez Díaz holds a PhD in Spanish from the University of Cambridge, UK, and her research explores literary journalism and other nonfiction genres, women’s writing and popular culture in contemporary Latin America. She has served as a visiting scholar at Columbia University, USA, University of Texas-Austin, and the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut in Berlin, Germany. She is also a life time fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany. Zusammenfassung Winner of the Victor Villaseñor Best Latino Focused Nonfiction Book Award – English, from the 2022 International Latino Book Awards What defines the boundary between fact and fabrication, fiction and nonfiction, literature and journalism? Latin American Documentary Narrative s unpacks the precarious testimonial relationship between author and subject, where the literary journalist, rather than the subject being interviewed, can become the hero of a narrative in its recording and retelling. Latin American Documentary Narrative s covers a variety of nonfiction genres from the 1950s to the 2000s that address topics such as social protests, dictatorships, natural disasters, crime and migration in Latin America. This book analyzes – and includes an appendix of interviews with – authors who have not previously been critically read together, from the early and emblematic works of Gabriel García Márquez and Elena Poniatowska to more recent authors, like Leila Guerriero and Juan Villoro, who are currently reshaping media and audiences in Latin America. In a world overwhelmed by data production and marked by violent acts against those considered 'others', Liliana Chávez Díaz argues that storytelling plays an essential role in communication among individuals, classes and cultures. Inhaltsverzeichnis Figures PrefaceForeword by Steven Boldy, University of Cambridge, UK Acknowledgements Introduction Part I. Courage 1. Naming the Real2. Publishing to Survive Part II. Belonging 3. Out of Place4. A Certain Effect of Truth Part III. Listening 5. Local Conversations in Globalized Times6. Being ThereConclusion Appendix Interview 1. Cristian Alarcón (La Unión, Chile, 1970)Interview 2. Martín Caparrós (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1957)Interview 3. Arturo Fontaine (Santiago de Chile, 1952)Interview 4. Francisco Goldman (Boston, United States, 1954)Interview 5. Leila Guerriero (Junín, Argentina, 1967)Interview 6. Elena Poniatowska (Paris, France, 1932)Interview 7. Santiago Roncagliolo (Lima, Perú, 1975)Interview 8. Juan Villoro (Ciudad de México, 1956)ReferencesIndex...
