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Cosmopolitan Desires - Global Modernity And World Literature In Latin America

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Redrawing literary borders for Latin America enthusiasts.

Cosmopolitan Desires is a must-read for those interested in exploring the role of Latin American literature in shaping global modernity. Siskind's comprehensive analysis of literary history, coupled with his deep insights into the role of culture in modernizing society, makes this book a compelling read for anyone seeking to gain a deeper understanding of the world. His focus on magical realism, in particular, provides a unique and valuable perspective on how Latin America has reshaped the literary world.

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ISBN: 9780810129900
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Date of Publication: 2014-04-30
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.0
(rated by 7 readers)

Description

Mariano Siskind’s groundbreaking debut book redefines the scope of world
literature, particularly regarding the place of Latin America in its
imaginaries and mappings. In Siskind’s formulation, world literature is a
modernizing discursive strategy, a way in which cultures negotiate their
aspirations to participate in global networks of cultural exchange, and an
original tool to reorganize literary history. Working with novels, poems,
essays, travel narratives, and historical documents, Siskind reads the way
Latin American literary modernity was produced as a global relation, from
the rise of planetary novels in the 1870s and the cosmopolitan imaginaries
of modernism at the turn of the twentieth century, to the global spread of
magical realism. With its unusual breadth of reference and firm but
unobtrusive grounding in philosophy, literary theory, and psychoanalysis,
Cosmopolitan Desires will have a major impact in the fields of Latin
American studies and comparative literature.


Author: Mariano Siskind
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Publication Date: 2014
 

Redrawing literary borders for Latin America enthusiasts.

Cosmopolitan Desires is a must-read for those interested in exploring the role of Latin American literature in shaping global modernity. Siskind's comprehensive analysis of literary history, coupled with his deep insights into the role of culture in modernizing society, makes this book a compelling read for anyone seeking to gain a deeper understanding of the world. His focus on magical realism, in particular, provides a unique and valuable perspective on how Latin America has reshaped the literary world.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.