Citizenship and Crisis in Contemporary Brazilian Literature

2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-44721-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

Considering how literary texts address the transformations that Brazil has undergone since its 1985 transition to democracy, this study proposes that Brazilian contemporary literature is informed by the struggle for social, civil, and cultural rights and that literary production has created spaces for historically disenfranchised communities.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lehnen, L.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Postkoloniale Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Voices of Contestation: Obstacles and Paths to Citizenship in Contemporary Brazilian Literature 1. Luiz Ruffato: Landscapes of Disrepair and Despair in Inferno provisório 2. Fridges and Suburbs in the New World Order: Fernando Bonassi's Spaces of Abjection 3. Practical Handbook of Citizenship. Negating/Negotiating Human Rights in São Paulo's Periphery 4. Cartographies of Hope: Charting Empowerment in Guia afetivo da periferia Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Leila Lehnen is an Associate Professor of of Latin American Literature and Culture at the University of New Mexico, USA.