Beyond Human: Vital Materialisms in the Andean Avant-Gardes (Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature and Theory)

By Tara Daly

In the Andes, indigenous knowledge systems based on the relationships between different beings, both earthly and heavenly, animal and plant, have been central to the organization of knowledge since precolonial times. The legacies of colonialism and the continuance of indigenous cultures makes the Andes a unique place from which to think about art and social change as ongoing, and as encompassing more than an exclusively human perspective. Beyond Human revises established readings of the avant-gardes in Peru and Bolivia as humanizing and historical. By presenting fresh readings of canonical authors like C sar Vallejo, Jos Mar a Arguedas, and Magda Portal and through analysis of newer artist-activists like Julieta Paredes, Mujeres Creando Comunidad , and Alejandra Dorado, Daly argues instead that avant-gardes complicate questions of agency and contribute to theoretical discussions on vital materialisms: the idea that life happens between animate and inanimate beings--human and non-human--and is made sensible through art. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1684480671
• ISBN13: 9781684480678
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Bucknell University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher