20th century latin american literature
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activism
aesthetic activism
art
artists
Author_Vicky Unruh
avant garde movements
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cultural studies
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experimental writing
historical circumstances
latin america
latin american literature
latin american literature and culture series
latin american vanguardism
linguistics
literary criticism
manifesto
new world
performance manifestos
politics
ribald public performance
theatrical workouts
vanguardism
vanguards
Product details
- ISBN 9780520087941
- Weight: 499g
- Publication Date: 15 Dec 1994
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this first comprehensive study of Latin America's literary vanguards of the 1920s and 1930s, Vicky Unruh explores the movement's provocative and polemic nature. Latin American vanguardism--a precursor to the widely acclaimed work of contemporary Latin American writers--was stimulated by the European avant-garde movements of the World War I era. But as Unruh's wide-ranging study attests, the vanguards of Latin America--emerging from the continent's own historical circumstances--developed a very distinct character and voice. Through manifestos, experimental texts, and ribald public performance, the vanguardists' work intertwined art, culture, and the politics of the day to produce a powerful brand of aesthetic activism, one that sparked an entire rethinking of the meaning of art and culture throughout Latin America.
Vicky Unruh is Associate Professor of Latin American Literature at the University of Kansas.
