{"product_id":"haunting-without-ghosts-spectral-realism-in-colombian-literature-film-and-art","title":"Haunting Without Ghosts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, William M. LeoGrande Prize, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies at American University, 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor half a century, cultural production in Colombia has labored under the weight of magical realism-above all, the works of Gabriel GarcÍa MÁrquez-where ghosts told stories about the country’s violent past and warned against a similarly gruesome future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades later, the story of violence in Colombia is no less horrific, but the critical resources of magical realism are depleted. In their wake comes \"spectral realism.\" Juliana MartÍnez argues that recent Colombian novelists, filmmakers, and artists-from Evelio Rosero and William Vega to Beatriz GonzÁlez and Erika Diettes-share a formal and thematic concern with the spectral but shift the focus from what the ghost \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e toward what the specter \u003ci\u003edoes\u003c\/i\u003e. These works do not speak of ghosts. Instead, they use the specter to destabilize reality by challenging the authority of human vision and historical chronology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy introducing the spectral into their work, these artists decommodify well-worn modes of representing violence and create a critical space from which to seek justice for the dead and disappeared. A Colombia-based study, \u003ci\u003eHaunting without Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e brings powerful insight to the politics and ethics of spectral aesthetics, relevant for a variety of sociohistorical contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49603375825240,"sku":"9781477321713","price":44.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781477321713.jpg?v=1779511551","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/haunting-without-ghosts-spectral-realism-in-colombian-literature-film-and-art","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}