Citizenship and crisis in contemporary Brazilian literature / Leila Lehnen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lehnen, Leila Maria.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brazilian literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Brazilian literature.

Brazilian literature--21st century--History and criticism.

Politics and literature--Brazil--History--20th century.

Politics and literature.

Politics and literature--Brazil--History--21st century.

Citizenship in literature.

Politics in literature.

History.

Brazil.

Physical Description:

viii, 252 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

Citizenship and Crisis in Contemporary Brazilian Literature considers how recent literary texts address the socio-economic and political transformations that Brazil has undergone since its 1985 transition to democracy. Leila Lehnen proposes that contemporary Brazilian literature is informed by the country's recent struggle and that literary production has created fictional and material spaces of agency for historically disenfranchised communities. Ultimately, this important study broaches how literature reveals the socio-cultural tactics employed by marginalized subjects and communities in their struggle for full-fledged citizenship. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: voices of contestation: obstacles and paths to citizenship in contemporary Brazilian literature

Luiz Ruffato: landscapes of disrepair and despair in Inferno provisório

Fridges and suburbs in the new world order: Fernando Bonassi's Spaces of abjection

Practical handbook of citizenship. Negating/negotiating human rights in São Paulo's periphery

Cartographies of hope: charting empowerment in Guia afetivo da periferia

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137277558

1137277556

OCLC:

820434231