Emily M. Baker

Nazism, the Second World War and the Holocaust in Contemporary Latin American Fiction (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Addressing the question of why many Latin American fiction authors are writing about Nazism, the Second World War and the Holocaust now, this book charts the evolution of Latin American literary production from the 19th Century, through the late 20th century 'Boom', to the present day. Containing texts from Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina and Chile, it analyses work by some of the most well-known contemporary writers including Roberto Bolano, Juan Gabriel Vasquez, Jorge Volpi, Lucia Puenzo, Patricio Pron and Michel Laub; as well as notable precursors such as Jorge Luis Borges, Carlos Fuentes and Ricardo Piglia. Nazism, the Second World War and the Holocaust in Contemporary Latin American Fiction argues that these authors find Nazism relevant to thinking through some of the most urgent contemporary challenges we face: from racism, to the unequal division of wealth and labour between the Global 'North' and 'South'; and, of course, the general failure of democracy to eliminate fascism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009079624
• Artikelnr.: 66177045

Autorenporträt

Emily M. Baker is a research specialist in Comparative Literature and Latin American Studies at University College London. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and previously lectured at Cambridge University and Birkbeck College, University of London.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Chapter Outline; 1. Nazism as Allegory in Argentine
Fiction: From Dictatorship to Neoliberalism in El comienzo de la primavera
by Patricio Pron and Wakolda by Lucía Puenzo; 2. Nazism and Borges:
Contemporary Re-Readings by Roberto Bolaño and Marcos Peres; 3. Myth
Interrupted: Identity and the Absence of Nation in En busca de Klingsor by
Jorge Volpi and Amphitryon by Ignacio Padilla; 4. Sovereignty, Democracy,
and 'Nonselfsufficiency' through Touch in Los informantes by Juan Gabriel
Vásquez and Diário da Queda by Michel Laub; Epilogue.