Post-authoritarian cultures
Subtitle: Spain and Latin America's Southern Cone
By: Luis Martín-Estudillo and Roberto Ampuero, editors.
Contributors: Martín-Estudillo, Luis.; Ampuero, Roberto, 1953-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Hispanic issues -- 35
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Nashville, Tenn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780826516046; 9780826516053
Subjects: Democratization -- Southern Cone of South America; Democratization -- Spain; Art -- Political aspects -- Southern Cone of South America; Art -- Political aspects -- Spain; Politics and literature -- Southern Cone of South America; Politics and literature -- Spain; Popular culture -- Southern Cone of South America; Popular culture -- Spain; Latin American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Spanish literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Description: "Essays in this volume explore the role played by culture in the transition to democracy in Latin America's Southern Cone (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile) and Spain, with a focus on opposing stances of acceptance and defiance by artists and intellectuals in post-authoritarian regimes."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Democratic culture and transition in Chile / Jorge Edwards; title: Writing from the margins of the Chilean miracle : Diamela Eltit and the aesthetics and politics of the transition / Juliet Lynd; title: The riders get off the horse : David Viñas and the demise of the authoritarian Argentine military / Hans-Otto Dill; title: A journey through the desert : trends of commitment in contemporary Spanish poetry / Luis Bagué Quílez; title: Testimonial narratives in the Argentine post-dictatorship : survivors, witnesses, and the reconstruction of the past / Ana Forcinito; title: Tejanos : the Uruguayan transition beyond / Gustavo A. Remedi; title: Dancing with destruction : pop music during the Spanish transition / Antonio Méndez-Rubio; title: Popular filmic narratives and the Spanish transition / German Labrador Méndez; title: Staged ethnicity, acted modernity : identity and gender representations in Spanish visual culture (1968-2005) / Estrella de Diego; title: Creating a new cohesive national discourse in Spain after Franco / Carsten Humlebæk; title: Intellectuals, queer culture, and post-military Argentina / David William Foster; title: Some notes on international influences on transition processes in the Southern Cone / Heinrich Sassenfeld.