Latin American documentary narratives : the intersections of storytelling and journalism in contemporary literature / Liliana Chávez Díaz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chávez Díaz, Liliana, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin American prose literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Latin American prose literature.

Reportage literature.

Journalism and literature--Latin America.

Journalism and literature.

Authors, Latin American--20th century--Interviews.

Authors, Latin American.

Latin America.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xv, 290 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.

Summary:

"What defines the boundary between fact and fabrication, fiction and nonfiction, literature and journalism? Latin American Documentary Narratives unpacks the precarious testimonial relationship between author and subject, where the literary journalist, rather than the subject being interviewed, can become the hero of a narrative in its recording and retelling. Latin American Documentary Narratives covers a variety of nonfiction genres from the 1950s to the 2000s that address topics including social protests, dictatorships, natural disasters, crime and migration in Latin America. This book analyzes - and includes an appendix of interviews with - authors who have not previously been critically read together, from the early and emblematic works of Gabriel García Márquez and Elena Poniatowska to more recent authors, such as Leila Guerriero and Santiago Roncagliolo, who are currently reshaping media and audiences in Latin America. In a world overwhelmed by data production and marked by violent acts against those considered 'others', Liliana Chávez Díaz argues that storytelling plays an essential role in communication among individuals, classes and cultures"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: The journalist as storyteller

Intersections

pt. I Courage

1. Naming the real

Non-fiction genres

Cronica

Literary journalism

Testimonio

Towards a theory of documentary narratives

The self

The other

2. Publishing to survive

Gabriel Garcia Marquez chooses to hide

Newspaper fictions

The author and the sailor

Rodolfo Walsh's conversion to journalism

A story that never happened

Crafting the truth

pt. II Belonging

3. Out of place

Elena Poniatowska: The lady behind the notebook

Lilus, Mariana and other strange women

A guilty catrina goes out

Carlos Monsivais: A protestant reporter in a Catholic country

The centre of all margins

Mexico `camp'

The chronicler meets the people

4. A certain effect of truth

Tomas Eloy Martinez and the Peronist palimpsest

Memories and news

A parody of journalism

History and the fictions of Evita

Deconstructing the myth

Searching for a magical-realist corpse

pt. III Listening

5. Local conversations in globalized times

The journalist as protagonist

Martin Caparros around the world

Juan Villoro's aftershock stories

Approaching strangers: A dialogic method

6. Being there

Who are you?

Empathic listeners, unreliable narrators

The potter's hand

The vulnerable T

Conclusion

An erotics of testimony

Is there a new other?

Apendix

Interview 1 Cristian Alarcon (La Union, Chile, 1970)

Interview 2 Martin Caparr6s (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1957)

Interview 3 Arturo Fontaine (Santiago de Chile, 1952)

Interview 4 Francisco Goldman (Boston, United States, 1954)

Interview 5 Leila Guerriero (Junin, Argentina, 1967)

Interview 6 Elena Poniatowska (Paris, France, 1932)

Interview 7 Santiago Roncagliolo (Lima, Peru, 1975)

Interview 8 Juan Villoro (Ciudad de Mexico, 1956).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Chávez Díaz, Liliana. Latin American documentary narratives

ISBN:

9781501366017

1501366017

OCLC:

1260171909