| Written in Exile: Chilean Fiction From 1973-Present Contributor(s): Lopez-Calvo, Ignacio (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138864463 ISBN-13: 9781138864467 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 863.640 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6" W x 9" (0.73 lbs) 244 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On September 11, 1973, Chile's General Pinochet led a quick and brutal military coup ousting the Allende government. Ignacio Lopez-Calvo argues that the rise of the Pinochet dictatorship and the subsequent imprisonment of any Allende sympathizers shaped Chilean narrative into two structural forms: liberationist narrative--cathartic, journalistic testimonies that provide models for revolutionary behavior against authoritarianism and demystifying narrative, which uses the events of 1973, as well as the colonial aspirations of European countries, as a Paradise Lost backdrop in which the characters of this type of fiction are able to create their non-political realities that become models of democratization. |