Cultural Residues: Chile In Transition - Couverture souple

Richard, Nelly

 
9780816636426: Cultural Residues: Chile In Transition
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0816636427 ISBN 13 : 9780816636426
Editeur : University of Minnesota Press, 2004

Synopsis

A complex portrait of postdictatorial Chile by one of that country's most incisive cultural critics, this book uses memoirs, photographs, the plastic arts, novels, and other texts--the "residues" of a culture--to analyze the political-cultural Chilean landscape in the wake of Augusto Pinochet's seventeen-year military rule. Such residual areas reveal the flaws and lapses in Chile's transition from violent military dictatorship to electoral democracy.

Nelly Richard's analysis ranges from an exploration of false memories of the recent past--especially memories of violence--to a discussion of the university under neoliberalism; from debates about the use of the word "gender" to an examination of refractory texts and cultural activities such as Diamela Eltit's "testimonio" of a schizophrenic vagabond, Eugenio Dittborn's use of photography in art installations, and transvestite performances. In Cultural Residues, each instance becomes a suggestive metaphor for understanding a rapidly modernizing Chile attempting to re-democratize its public life.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

À propos de l?auteur

Nelly Richard is Chair of the Program in Cultural Studies at the Universidad Arcis in Santiago, Chile, and a founding editor of Revista de Crítica Cultural. Richard has published several works of criticism, including La insubordinación de los signos and Masculino/Femenino.

Alan West-Durán is assistant professor of modern languages, Northeastern University, editor-in-chief of the two-volume Latino and Latina Writers, and the translator of works by Alejo Carpentier and Cristina García, among others.

Theodore Quester is a professional translator based in Texas.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
University of Minnesota Press
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0816636427
ISBN 13 
9780816636426
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
232
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780816636419: Cultural Residues: Chile In Transition

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0816636419 ISBN 13 :  9780816636419
Editeur : University of Minnesota Press, 2004
Couverture rigide