Description
Belonging Beyond Borders maps the evolution of cosmopolitanism in Spanish American narrative literature through a generational lens. Drawing on a new theoretical framework that blends intellectual studies and literary history with integrated approaches to Spanish American narrative, this book traces the evolution from aesthetic cosmopolitanism through anti-colonial nationalism to modern political cosmopolitanism.
Cosmopolitanism in Latin America has historically been associated with colonialism. In the mid-twentieth-century, authors who presented cosmopolitan narratives were harshly criticized by their nationalist peers. However, with the intensification of cultural globalization Spanish American authors have redefined cosmopolitanism, rejecting a worldview that relies on the creation of an other for the definition of the self. Instead, this new generation has both embraced and challenged global citizenship, redefining concepts to address human rights, identity, migration, belonging, and more.
Taking the work of Elena Poniatowka, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Jorge Volpi as examples, this book presents innovative scholarship across literary traditions. It shows how Spanish-American authors offer nuanced understandings of national and global affiliations, and identities and untangles the strings of cosmopolitan thought and activism from those of nationalist criticism.
Author: Annik Bilodeau
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
Published: 01/15/2021
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 7.70w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781773851594
ISBN10: 1773851594
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American
- Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | Caribbean & Latin American Studies
About the Author
Annik Bilodeau earned her PhD in Spanish at the University of Ottawa. Her fields of research include cosmopolitanism studies, and the relationship between visual culture and social movements.