The labor of literature : democracy and literary culture in modern Chile / Jane D. Griffin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griffin, Jane D., 1978- author.

Series:

Studies in print culture and the history of the book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Publishers and publishing--Chile.

Publishers and publishing.

Book industries and trade--Chile.

Book industries and trade.

Self-publishing--Chile.

Self-publishing.

Literature publishing--Chile.

Literature publishing.

Books--Chile.

Books.

Literature and society--Chile.

Literature and society.

Underground press publications--Chile.

Underground press publications.

Censorship--Chile--History--20th century.

Censorship.

History.

Chile--History--1973-1988.

Chile.

Chile--History--1988-.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 218 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2016]

Summary:

By producing literature in nontraditional forms-books made of cardboard trash, posters in subway stations, miniature shopping bags, digital publications, and even children's toys-Chileans have made and circulated literary objects in defiance of state censorship and independent of capitalist definitions of value. In The Labor of Literature Jane D. Griffin studies amateur and noncommercial forms of literary production in Chile that originated in response to authoritarian state politics and have gained momentum throughout the postdictatorship period. She argues that such forms advance a model of cultural democracy that differs from and sometimes contradicts the model endorsed by the state and the market. By examining alternative literary publications, Griffin recasts the seventeen-year Pinochet dictatorship as a time of editorial experimentation despite widespread cultural oppression and shows how grassroots cultural activism has challenged government-approved corporate publishing models throughout the postdictatorship period. Griffin's work also points to the growing importance of autogestión, or do-it-yourself cultural production, where individuals combine artisanal forms with new technologies to make and share creative work on a global scale. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: literary production and cultural democracy

Chilean literary culture since 1970: a panorama

Ergo sum: self-publication and the book-object under dictatorship

Cartonera publishers: artisanal and industrial book production in neoliberal Chile

Libros de mentira: fake books, digital matter, and cultural democracy 2.0

Santiago en 100 palabras: mass literature, cultural sponsorship, and globalization

Conclusion: rethinking the field of cultural production: cultural agency, minority literature, and cultural studies scholarship

Afterword: feminist research and pedagogy as forms of craft.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781625342089

162534208X

9781625342096

1625342098

OCLC:

930997445