Haunting Without Ghosts - Spectral Realism in Colombian Literature, Film, and Art (Hardcover)

Winner, William M. LeoGrande Prize, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies at American University, 2022 For half a century, cultural production in Colombia has labored under the weight of magical realism-above all, the works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez-where ghosts told stories about the country's violent past and warned against a similarly gruesome future. Decades later, the story of violence in Colombia is no less horrific, but the critical resources of magical realism are depleted. In their wake comes "spectral realism." Juliana Martinez argues that recent Colombian novelists, filmmakers, and artists-from Evelio Rosero and William Vega to Beatriz Gonzalez and Erika Diettes-share a formal and thematic concern with the spectral but shift the focus from what the ghost is toward what the specter does. These works do not speak of ghosts. Instead, they use the specter to destabilize reality by challenging the authority of human vision and historical chronology. By introducing the spectral into their work, these artists decommodify well-worn modes of representing violence and create a critical space from which to seek justice for the dead and disappeared. A Colombia-based study, Haunting without Ghosts brings powerful insight to the politics and ethics of spectral aesthetics, relevant for a variety of sociohistorical contexts.

General

Imprint:	University Of Texas Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Border Hispanisms
Release date:	December 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Juliana Martinez
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-1-4773-2171-3
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture
LSN:	1-4773-2171-3
Barcode:	9781477321713

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