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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300497803321

Titolo

Authoritarianism, Cultural History, and Political Resistance in Latin America : Exposing Paraguay / / edited by Federico Pous, Alejandro Quin, Marcelino Viera

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

9783319535449

3319535447

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIX, 301 p. 8 illus. in color.)

Collana

Memory Politics and Transitional Justice, , 2731-3859

Disciplina

320.4

Soggetti

America - Politics and government

Comparative government

Regionalism

Ethnology - Latin America

Culture

Motion pictures, American

Comparative literature

American Politics

Comparative Politics

Latin American Culture

Latin American Film and TV

Comparative Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book takes on the challenge of conceptually thinking Paraguayan cultural history within the broader field of Latin American studies. It presents original contributions to the study of Paraguayan culture from a variety of perspectives that include visual, literary, and cultural studies; gender studies, sociology, and political theory. The essays compiled here focus on the different narratives and political processes that shaped a country decentered from, but also deeply connected to,



the rest of Latin America. Structured in four thematic sections, the book reflects upon authoritarianism; the tensions between modern, indigenous, and popular artistic expressions; the legacies of the Stroessner Regime, political resistance, and the struggle for collective memory; as well as the literary framing of historical trauma, particularly in connection with the Roabastian notion of la realidad que delira [delirious reality].