Latin American literature in transition, 1930-1980 / edited by Amanda Holmes, McGill University, Par Kumaraswami, University of Nottingham.
"A series of wars and revolutions provide the fiery, unsettled bedrock for mid-twentieth-century Latin American literature: on a global scale, World War II and the Cold War mar political alliances; the Cuban Revolution, Peronist Argentina, and the 1968 student movements are some of the regional...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2023.
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| Series: | Latin American literature in transition ;
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| Summary: | "A series of wars and revolutions provide the fiery, unsettled bedrock for mid-twentieth-century Latin American literature: on a global scale, World War II and the Cold War mar political alliances; the Cuban Revolution, Peronist Argentina, and the 1968 student movements are some of the regional responses that develop from these international conflicts. Latching onto a transforming world, authors in this era appropriate the discomfort of transition to produce literary works of international acclaim. Mid-century Latin American literature has been framed as a market-driven phenomenon that opened the region up through an exoticization that captured international recognition. This volume takes a different approach, one that rests uncomfortably on a deep political instability - worldwide as well as regional - that is engaged aesthetically by literary authors. It argues that the literature of mid-century Latin America locates its strength within global and regional political conflicts, as well as from within the cultural and social tensions spurred on by economic disparities"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 327 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781009177771 100917777X |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781009177771 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 03, 2023). |