The Art of Transition

by Masiello, Francine; Mignolo, Walter D.; Silverblatt, Irene; Sald & iacute; var-hull, Sonia

• ISBN13: 9780822328063
• ISBN10: 0822328062
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-12-01
• Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

Summary

"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 Halperin-Donghi, author of "The Contemporary History of Latin America"

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(20)
PART I. MASKS
In Search of a Subject: Latin American Intellectuals at Century's End	21	(32)
The Spectacle of ``Difference''	53	(54)
PART II. MAPS
Gender Traffic on the North/South Horizon	107	(34)
Bodies in Transit: Travel, Translation, and Sexuality	141	(36)
PART III. MARKETS
The Politics of the Text: Experience, Representation, and the Return of lo popular	177	(42)
From Museum to Street: Poetry for the New Millennium	219	(68)
Notes	287	(16)
Works Cited	303	(14)
Index	317