The Art of Transition: Latin American Culture and Neoliberal Crisis

by Francine Masiello

Book Overview

The Art of Transition addresses the problems defined by writers and artists during the postdictatorship years in Argentina and Chile, years in which both countries aggressively adopted neoliberal market-driven economies. Delving into the conflicting efforts of intellectuals to name and speak to what is real, Francine Masiello interprets the culture of this period as an art of transition, referring to both the political transition to democracy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822328186
• ISBN13: 9780822328186
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.8"