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Latin American Writers and the Rise of Hollywood Cinema (Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature)

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2008
ISBN
9780415964784, 0203894413, 0415964784, 9780203894415
LCC
PN1993.5.U65 B655 2008
Open Library ID
OL10209035M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2174895 bytes)
Series
Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature
Edition
1
Pages
222\222
Topic
Art Cinema
Time added
2010-10-03 22:52:24

Description

This book analyzes the initial engagement with Hollywood by key Latin American writers and intellectuals during the first few decades of the 20th century. The film metropolis presented an ambiguous, multivalent sign for established figures like Horacio Quiroga, Alejo Carpentier and Mário de Andrade, as well as less renowned writers like the Mexican Carlos Noriega Hope, the Chilean Vera Zouroff and the Cuban Guillermo Villarronda. Hollywood’s arrival on the scene placed such writers in a bind, as many felt compelled to emulate the "artistry" of a medium dominated by a nation posing a symbolic affront to Latin American cultural and linguistic autonomy as well as the region’s geopolitical sovereignty. The film industry thus occupied a crucial site of conflict and reconciliation between aesthetics and politics.

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