The Feeling Child : Affect and Politics in Latin American Literature and Film Hardback

Edited by Philippa Page, Inela Selimovic, Camilla Sutherland

Part of the Children and Youth in Popular Culture series

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The Feeling Child: Affect and Politics in Latin American Literature and Film compiles a series of essays focusing on the figure of the child within the specific context of the â€œaffective turnâ€ in the study of contemporary sociocultural settings across Latin America.

This edited volume looks specifically at the intersection between cultural constructions of childhood and the affective turn within the contemporary sociopolitical landscape of Latin America.

The editors and contributors share a common aim in furthering comprehension of the particular intensity of the childâ€™s affective presenceâ€”spectatorial, haptic, silent, and spectral, among othersâ€”in contemporary Latin American cultural expression.

The contributions herein approach this theoretical challenge through an interdisciplinary lens which brings together two burgeoning strands of inquiry.

The first is the notion of childhood as a significant, and inherently political, sociocultural space; the second is the recognition that affect is integral and fundamental to gaining a more complex understanding of the manner in which contemporary social worlds are made.

In each case, this affective presence is teased out as a register of society, shedding light on the issues marking out the current sociopolitical landscapeâ€”in particular the traces of the recent pastâ€”in the regions represented.

This book brings together established international scholars and young academics focusing on Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, and Peru.