Late book culture in Argentina / Craig Epplin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Epplin, Craig, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Books and reading--Argentina.

Books and reading.

Literature and society--Argentina.

Literature and society.

Publishers and publishing--Social aspects.

History.

Publishers and publishing.

Argentina.

Publishers and publishing--Social aspects--Argentina--History.

Argentine literature--History and criticism.

Argentine literature.

Authors, Argentine.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

153 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Bloomsbury, 2014.

Summary:

"Modern literary culture depended on the medium of the print book. Today, with the advent of digital technologies, it is far from apparent that print is, or should be, the vehicle of choice for contemporary writers. Print has been placed in relief, as the book becomes a site of experimentation with new platforms for writing. Among Latin American countries, none has been as crucial player in the world of print as Argentina. Argentine presses were the channel for many of the great modern literary experiments in Latin America. As such, it comes as no surprise that today, when those same presses have been gobbled up by transnational media conglomerates and digital technologies abound, Argentine writers would be attentive to the shifting media of literature. Late Book Culture in Argentina chronicles that shift. Epplin offers readings of some of the most innovative Argentine writers and collective projects of recent years: Osvaldo Lamborghini, César Aira, the cardboard publishing house Eloísa Cartonera, the poetry project Estación Pringles, Sergio Chejfec, and Pablo Katchadjian. This corpus provides a lens through which to understand the numerous experiments with literary formats in Argentina today. These experiments take on a number of forms--digital, artisanal, and collective--and they provide the ferment for some of Argentina's most audacious contemporary literature. As such they deserve critical attention and theoretical examination"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Acknowledgments Introduction Genealogy Chapter 1: First Publish, Then Write Chapter 2: Flight Forward Chapter 3: Cardboard and Cumbia Morphology Chapter 4: The Book as Performance Chapter 5: The Book as Manuscript Chapter 6: The Book as Database Epilogue Notes Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781623562700

1623562708

OCLC:

857967266