Late book culture in Argentina / Craig Epplin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Epplin, Craig, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Argentine literature--History and criticism.

Argentine literature.

Authors, Argentine.

Books and reading--Argentina.

Books and reading.

Literature and society--Argentina.

Literature and society.

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

Publishers and publishing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.

Language Note:

English

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."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1. Genealogy. Chapter 1: First Publish, Then Write ; Chapter 2: Flight Forward ; Chapter 3: Cardboard and Cumbia

Part 2. Morphology. Chapter 4: The Book as Performance ; Chapter 5: The Book as Manuscript ; Chapter 6: The Book as Database

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-148) and index.

ISBN:

9781623560744

1623560748

9781501318276

1501318276

9781628926941

1628926945

9781623566166

1623566169

OCLC:

1162713863