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Book SynopsisThis is an interdisciplinary study of the major cultural and political scenes of a decade marked by dramatic –and sometimes traumatic—change.
Trade Review"Sorensen has written a nuanced, well-argued cultural history of the deal of an illusion, i.e., of how the 1960s transitions in Latin America, as elsewhere, from bright utopian optimism to disenchantment... She offers a convincing study of the implications of male discourse and authorship as they relate tot he transitions that pivotal epoch underwent—transitions that led to a melancholic mourning for a lost world, or a world that could have been. As Sorensen states in the introduction, this incandescent volume is not a linear study of the 1960s, but one that digs deep into some select moments. Essential." --
CHOICE"The Sixties marked a turning point in politics, literature, and artistic expression in general throughout Latin America. They constitute a foundational moment that went far beyond the avant-garde movements of the early twentieth century in fostering continental commonality and transcontinental cultural awareness. Sorensen's book is ambitious in scope, and she engages in a more complex reflection on the intersection of aesthetics and politics in times of change than have some of her predecessors. An extremely engaging, highly intelligent, and most exciting study." -- Sylvia Molloy * New York University *
Table of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:Acknowledgments iii @toc2:Introduction Imminent Times: Structures of Feeling from a Turbulent Decade 1 1. The Cuban Revolution and Che Guevara: Between Memory and Utopia 000 2. Tlatelolco 1968: Paz and Poniatowska on Law and Violence 000 3. From Diaspora to Agora in Cort zar: Exile as Continental Space 000 4. Toward a Transnational Republic of Letters: A Geography of Discursive Networks 000 5. The Anxious Brotherhood: Mastering Authorship and Masculinity 000 6. Rereading "Boom" Novels in the Twenty-First Century 000 Conclusion 000 @toc4:Notes 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000
