Book contents
- Latin American Literature in Transition 1980–2018
- Latin American Literature in Transition
- Latin American Literature in Transition 1980–2018
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Security
- Chapter 1 Geological Writings
- Chapter 2 Literature, Trauma, and Human Rights
- Chapter 3 Literatura de Hijos in Post-Dictatorship South America
- Chapter 4 Mexican Narconarratives after Narcos
- Part II New Genres
- Part III Mobilities
- Part IV Positionalities
- Part V Latin American Literature in Global Markets
- Index
- References
Chapter 1 - Geological Writings
from Part I - Security
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 November 2022
- Latin American Literature in Transition 1980–2018
- Latin American Literature in Transition
- Latin American Literature in Transition 1980–2018
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Security
- Chapter 1 Geological Writings
- Chapter 2 Literature, Trauma, and Human Rights
- Chapter 3 Literatura de Hijos in Post-Dictatorship South America
- Chapter 4 Mexican Narconarratives after Narcos
- Part II New Genres
- Part III Mobilities
- Part IV Positionalities
- Part V Latin American Literature in Global Markets
- Index
- References
Summary
Based on close readings of works by poet Gerardo Arana (Bulgaria Mexicalli) and novelists Juan Cárdenas (Encomendar el alma) and José Revueltas (El luto humano), I explore a range of writing strategies that address the challenges posed by the capitalocene, climatic change, and, ultimately, the materially fraught connection of language and production: use of excavation techniques through layers of found language, use of disappropriative tactics to signal the communality of writing practices, use of both human and nonhuman perspectives, use of a-significant semiotic matter, use of deep-time chronologies that transcend life–death dichotomies. As examples of contemporary geological writings, these works question the myth of origin of capitalism and contribute to the unpacking of the secret of accumulation, thus enabling the question about justice.
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- Latin American Literature in Transition 1980–2018 , pp. 15 - 29Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022