Belonging beyond borders : cosmopolitan affiliations in contemporary Spanish American literature / / Annik Bilodeau

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910585982703321
• Autore: Bilodeau Annik
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Calgary, Alberta : , : University of Calgary Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• ISBN: 1-77385-161-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Latin American and Caribbean Studies
• Disciplina: 810.90052
• Soggetti: Spanish American literature - History and criticism - 20th century; Cosmopolitanism in literature; Spanish American literature - History and criticism - 21st century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Narrating Transculturation: Elena Poniatowska’s La “Flor de Lis” -- Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism in the Global Era in the Fictions of Mario Vargas Llosa -- Cosmopolitanism at the End of History in the Fictions of Jorge Volpi -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Consulted -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Belonging Beyond Borders maps the evolution of cosmopolitanism in Spanish American narrative literature through a generational lens. Drawing on a new theoretical framework that blends intellectual studies and literary history with integrated approaches to Spanish American narrative, this book traces the evolution from aesthetic cosmopolitanism through anti-colonial nationalism to modern political cosmopolitanism.Cosmopolitanism in Latin America has historically been associated with colonialism. In the mid-twentieth-century, authors who presented cosmopolitan narratives were harshly criticized by their nationalist peers. However, with the intensification of cultural globalization Spanish American authors have redefined cosmopolitanism, rejecting a worldview that relies on the creation of an other for the definition of the self. Instead, this new generation has both embraced and challenged global citizenship, redefining concepts ; to address human rights, identity, migration, belonging, and more.Taking the work of Elena Poniatowka, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Jorge Volpi as examples, this book presents innovative scholarship across literary traditions. It shows how Spanish-American authors offer nuanced understandings of national and global affiliations, and identities and untangles the strings of cosmopolitan thought and activism from those of nationalist criticism.