The Post-boom in Spanish American Fiction (Hardcover, New)

What happened in Spanish American fiction after the Boom? Can we define the Post-Boom? What are its characteristics? How does it relate to the Boom itself? Is Post-Boom the same as Postmodernism or something quite different? Shaw traces the emergence of a different kind of writing which began to displace the Boom in the mid-1970s and has flourished ever since. More reader-friendly, more concerned with the here and now of Latin America, the writers of the Post-Boom have explored new areas of Spanish American life and incorporated characters from new social groups, especially young working-class and lower middle-class figures with their distinctive "pop" culture and freewheeling life-style. Shaw suggests that, while some Boom writers have moved toward the Post-Boom, Post-Boom narrative is distinctively different from that of the older movement and cannot be readily assimilated into Postmodernism.

General

Imprint:	State University of New York Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	SUNY Series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture
Release date:	July 1998
First published:	July 1998
Authors:	Donald L. Shaw
Dimensions:	235 x 165 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	217
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-7914-3825-1
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General
LSN:	0-7914-3825-2
Barcode:	9780791438251

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