"Latin American Literature at the Millennium: Local Lives, Global Spaces analyzes literary constructions of locality from the early 1990s to the mid-2010s. In this astute study, Raynor reads work by Luiz Ruffato, Wilson Bueno, Roberto Bolaño, João Gilberto Noll, and Bernardo Carvalho to reveal...

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1. Verfasser:	Raynor, Cecily ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Bucknell University Press [2021]
Schriftenreihe:	Bucknell studies in Latin American literature and theory
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1990-2015 Literatur Lateinamerika Latin American fiction / 20th century / History and criticism Latin American fiction / 21st century / History and criticism Local color in literature Regionalism in literature Globalization in literature Literature and globalization / Latin America / History / 20th century Literature and globalization / Latin America / History / 21st century Latin American fiction Literature and globalization Latin America 1900-2099 Criticism, interpretation, etc History
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Zusammenfassung:	"Latin American Literature at the Millennium: Local Lives, Global Spaces analyzes literary constructions of locality from the early 1990s to the mid-2010s. In this astute study, Raynor reads work by Luiz Ruffato, Wilson Bueno, Roberto Bolaño, João Gilberto Noll, and Bernardo Carvalho to reveal representations of the human experience that unsettle conventionally understood links between locality and geographical place. The book raises vital considerations for understanding the region's transition into the twenty-first century, and for evaluating Latin American authors' representations of everyday place and modes of belonging. It examines relevant theory on globalization and historical context, including a discussion of the political and economic forces at work when considering Latin America's engagement with global processes. Across its chapters, it traces localizing techniques in canonical works as well as under-studied and peripheral texts, exploring "local" as a plural concept constructed through language, memory, and patterned affective attachments. Students and scholars of Hispanic and Lusophone studies will find it to be a critical text"--
Beschreibung:	vii, 178 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm
ISBN:	9781684482566 9781684482573