Ambivalent desires : representations of modernity and private life in Colombia (1890s-1950s) / María Mercedes Andrade.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andrade, María Mercedes, 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Colombian literature.

Colombian literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Modernism (Literature)--Colombia.

Modernism (Literature).

Privacy in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland ; Plymouth, England : Bucknell University Press, 2011.

Summary:

Ambivalent Desires is a literary and cultural study of the reception of modernity in Colombia. Unlike previous studies of Latin American modernization, which have usually focused on the public aspect of the process, this book discusses the intersection between modernity and the private sphere.

Contents:

Ambivalent Desires; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Modern Dream in the Work of José Asunción Silva; 2. Fashion and Nation in El Gráfico; 3. Public Private Memories in the Work of Tomás Rueda Vargas; 4. Caged Birds, Hothouse Flowers: Women Writersand the Interior; 5. The Modern Interior as Nightmare in the Work of Ignacio Gomez Dávila; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-35571-7

1-61148-001-9

OCLC:

888746481