Urban Spaces in Contemporary Latin American Literature Paperback / softback
Edited by Jose Eduardo Gonzalez, Timothy R. Robbins
Part of the Hispanic Urban Studies series
Paperback / softback
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This collection of essays studies the depiction of contemporary urban space in twenty-first century Latin American fiction.
The contributors to this volume seek to understand the characteristics that make the representation of the postmodern city in a Latin American context unique.
The chapters focus on cities from a wide variety of countries in the region, highlighting the cultural and political effects of neoliberalism and globalization in the contemporary urban scene.
Twenty-first century authors share an interest for images of ruins and dystopian landscapes and their view of the damaging effects of the global market in Latin America tends to be pessimistic.
As the book demonstrates, however, utopian elements or “spaces of hope” can also be found in these narrations, which suggest the possibility of transforming a capitalist-dominated living space.
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- Pages:219 pages, IX, 219 p.
- Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- Publication Date:12/01/2019
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- ISBN:9783030064303
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:219 pages, IX, 219 p.
- Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- Publication Date:12/01/2019
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- ISBN:9783030064303
