Pablo Neruda and the U.S. culture industry / Teresa Longo, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Longo, Teresa, 1956-

Series:

Hispanic issues (Routledge (Firm)) ; v. 25.

Hispanic issues ; v. 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973--Criticism and interpretation.

Neruda, Pablo.

Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973--Appreciation--United States.

Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973--Influence.

Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973.

Literature and society--United States--History--20th century.

Literature and society.

Hispanic American literature (Spanish).

Criticism and interpretation.

United States.

History.

Hispanic American literature (Spanish)--20th century--History and criticism.

Hispanic Americans--Intellectual life.

Hispanic Americans.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Pablo Neruda and the US culture industry

Pablo Neruda and the United States culture industry

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2002.

Summary:

In this compelling collection, Teresa Longo gathers a diverse group of critical and poetic voices to analyze the politics of packaging and marketing Chilean poet Pablo Neruda and Latin American poetry in general in the United States. The ground swell of enthusiasm in America, the contributors argue, has relied upon a vastly oversimplified, romanticized, and depoliticized interpretation of Neruda's celebrated poetry as panacea -- offering healing visions of community, hope, and wonder. The essays gathered here rediscover the true richness to be found in the work of Neruda and his peers as a challenge to their commodification and misrepresentation in the American literary marketplace. Essential reading for anyone with an interest in contemporary Latin American literature and culture, Pablo Neruda and the U.S. Culture Industry refocuses the lens through which we read, translate and write about Neruda -- and Latin American culture -- in the United States.

Contents:

Introduction: Poetry Like Wonder Bread / Teresa Longo xv

Part 1 Reading Neruda

Chapter 1 Pablo Neruda, Interpreter of Our Century / Giuseppe Bellini 3

Chapter 2 Speak through My Words: The Poetics and Politics of Translating Neruda / Janice A. Jaffe 13

Chapter 3 Pablo Neruda: Absence and Presence The Photograph as Historical Referent / Patricia Santoro 23

Chapter 4 Quests for Alternative Cultural Antecedents: The Indigenism of Pablo Neruda, Ernesto Cardenal, and Gary Snyder / Jill Kuhnheim 61

Part 2 Neruda Reconfigured: Culture, History, Politics

Chapter 5 Loving Neruda / Bruce Dean Willis 85

Chapter 6 The De-Chileanization of Neruda in Il postino / Irene B. Hodgson 97

Chapter 7 Buying into the Nerudian Condominium or Building Community: Border Culture Reclaims the Past for the New Century / Ann Marie Stock 114

Chapter 8 The Poetics of Politics and the Politics of the Poet: Experience and Testimony in Pablo Neruda / Silvia N. Rosman 126

Part 3 Linking Theory to Praxis: U.S. Latino Responses

Chapter 9 Post Wonder Bread: Pablo Neruda in Centerfield? / Teresa Longo 141

Chapter 10 "The Good Liar Meets His Executioners": The Evolution of a Poem / Martin Espada 151

Chapter 11 Pablo Neruda's Dilemma / Julio Marzan 156

Chapter 12 In Search of Literary Cojones: Pablo Neruda, U.S. Latino Poetry, and the U.S. Literary Canon: A Testimonio / Marcos McPeek Villatoro 163

Afterword: Pablo Neruda (1904): A Centennial Greeting / Rene Jara 179.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0815333862

OCLC:

48144365