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The Labor of Literature. Democracy and Literary Culture in Modern Chile.
Jane D. Griffin
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Description for The Labor of Literature. Democracy and Literary Culture in Modern Chile.
Hardback. Examines the aesthetics and politics of alternative literary models. Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; JFD; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 535.
By producing literature in nontraditional forms—books made of cardboard trash, posters in subway stations, miniature shopping bags, digital publications, and even children’s toys—Chileans have made and circulated literary objects in defiance of state censorship and independent of capitalist definitions of value. In The Labor of Literature Jane D. Griffin studies amateur and noncommercial forms of literary production in Chile that originated in response to authoritarian state politics and have gained momentum throughout the postdictatorship period. She argues that such forms advance a model of cultural democracy that differs from and sometimes contradicts the model endorsed by the state and the ... Read more
By producing literature in nontraditional forms—books made of cardboard trash, posters in subway stations, miniature shopping bags, digital publications, and even children’s toys—Chileans have made and circulated literary objects in defiance of state censorship and independent of capitalist definitions of value. In The Labor of Literature Jane D. Griffin studies amateur and noncommercial forms of literary production in Chile that originated in response to authoritarian state politics and have gained momentum throughout the postdictatorship period. She argues that such forms advance a model of cultural democracy that differs from and sometimes contradicts the model endorsed by the state and the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781625342089
SKU
V9781625342089
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About Jane D. Griffin
Jane D. Griffin is assistant professor of modern languages at Bentley University, USA.
Reviews for The Labor of Literature. Democracy and Literary Culture in Modern Chile.
A smart, engaging analysis of emergent forms of literary production and distribution in the context of Chile’s violent dictatorship, radical neoliberal restructuring of the economy, and eventual transition to democracy, this book is thoughtful and well written, breaking vital new ground in Latin American cultural studies.""—Alice Nelson, author of Political Bodies: Gender, History, and the Struggle for Narrative Power in ... Read more