Cultural Residues: Chile In Transition (Volume 18) (Cultural Studies of the Americas) - Softcover

Richard, Nelly

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9780816636426: Cultural Residues: Chile In Transition (Volume 18) (Cultural Studies of the Americas)
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ISBN 10: 0816636427 ISBN 13: 9780816636426
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2004

Synopsis

A complex portrait of postdictatorial Chile by one of that country’s most incisive cultural critics, this book uses memoirs, photographs, the plastic arts, novels, and other texts—the “residues” of a culture—to analyze the political-cultural Chilean landscape in the wake of Augusto Pinochet’s seventeen-year military rule. Such residual areas reveal the flaws and lapses in Chile’s transition from violent military dictatorship to electoral democracy.

Nelly Richard's analysis ranges from an exploration of false memories of the recent past—especially memories of violence—to a discussion of the university under neoliberalism; from debates about the use of the word “gender” to an examination of refractory texts and cultural activities such as Diamela Eltit’s “testimonio” of a schizophrenic vagabond, Eugenio Dittborn’s use of photography in art installations, and transvestite performances. In Cultural Residues, each instance becomes a suggestive metaphor for understanding a rapidly modernizing Chile attempting to re-democratize its public life.

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About the Author

Nelly Richard is Chair of the Program in Cultural Studies at the Universidad Arcis in Santiago, Chile, and a founding editor of Revista de Crítica Cultural. Richard has published several works of criticism, including La insubordinación de los signos and Masculino/Femenino.

Alan West-Durán is assistant professor of modern languages, Northeastern University, editor-in-chief of the two-volume Latino and Latina Writers, and the translator of works by Alejo Carpentier and Cristina García, among others.

Theodore Quester is a professional translator based in Texas.

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Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0816636427
ISBN 13 
9780816636426
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
232
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