Latin American Vanguards: The Art of Contentious Encounters

Latin American Vanguards: The Art of Contentious Encounters
ISBN-10
0520915240
ISBN-13
9780520915244
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
336
Language
English
Published
1994-12-15
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Author
Vicky Unruh

Description

In this first comprehensive study of Latin America's literary vanguards of the 1920s and 1930s, Vicky Unruh explores the movement's provocative and polemic nature. Latin American vanguardism—a precursor to the widely acclaimed work of contemporary Latin American writers—was stimulated by the European avant-garde movements of the World War I era. But as Unruh's wide-ranging study attests, the vanguards of Latin America—emerging from the continent's own historical circumstances—developed a very distinct character and voice. Through manifestos, experimental texts, and ribald public performance, the vanguardists' work intertwined art, culture, and the politics of the day to produce a powerful brand of aesthetic activism, one that sparked an entire rethinking of the meaning of art and culture throughout Latin America.

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