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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450260803321

Autore

Neustadt Robert Alan <1961-, >

Titolo

(Con)fusing signs and postmodern positions : Spanish American performance, experimental writing, and the critique of political confusion / / Robert Neustadt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Garland Pub., , 1999

ISBN

1-135-57926-1

1-135-57927-X

1-280-07939-8

0-203-01675-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Garland reference library of the humanities ; ; v. 2136

Latin American studies ; ; v. 15

Disciplina

860.9/98

Soggetti

Spanish American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Literature, Experimental - Latin America - History and criticism

Postmodernism - Latin America

Arts and society - Latin America

Art - Political aspects - Latin America

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; SERIES PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 (Con)Fusing Approaches to a Postmodern Position; CHAPTER 2 Diamela Eltit: Clearing Space For Critical Performance; CHAPTER 3 Alejandro Jodorowsky: Reiterating Chaos, Rattling the Cage of Representation; CHAPTER 4 Guillermo Gomez-Pena: Re-Drawing the Borders; CHAPTER 5 Conclusion; WORKS CITED; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Neustadt uses the term political confusion in a number of ways, most broadly to describe the generalized disorientation associated with Latin America in an age of postmodernity characterized by the coexistence of indigenous, mestizo, and European cultures, juxtaposed with the



uneven effects of mass media and high technology