Description
Book SynopsisAddresses the problems defined by writers and artists during the post-dictatorship years in Argentina and Chile, years in which both countries aggressively adopted neo-liberal market-driven economies. This work is suitable for Latin Americanists, literary and political theorists and those involved with the study of postmodernism and globalisation.
Trade Review“
The Art of Transition will be indispensable reading for literary critics working on contemporary Latin America. Though it focuses on Argentina and Chile, the questions it poses are of concern to anyone who cares about literature and art in the neoliberal era. Masiello tacks smoothly among a diverse gallery of figures, lining them up around a rich and often brilliant array of insights.”—Mary Louise Pratt, Stanford University
“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 Halperín-Donghi, author of
The Contemporary History of Latin AmericaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Masks
1. In Search of a Subject: Latin American Intellectuals at Century’s End
2. The Spectacle of “Difference”
Part II. Maps
3. Gender Traffic on the North/South Horizon
4. Bodies in Transit: Travel, Translation, and Sexuality
Part III. Markets
5. The Politics of the Test: Experience, Representation, and the Return of lo popular
6. From Museum to Street: Poetry for the New Millennium
Notes
Works Cited
Index
