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1 online resource |
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Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature |
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Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature.
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Introduction: the Colombian condition -- Narco-stories globalized: Pablo Escobar and excess consumption -- The Ingrid Betancourt story: memory in the times of mass media -- The travelogue boom: dark exoticism for global consumption -- Affective visuality: the cinema of conflict and reconciliation -- Epilogue: post-conflict Colombia? |
| Summary |
"Through an exploration of the cultural processes that perpetuate the "darker side" of Latin America for global consumption, this book investigates the "condition" that has led writers, filmmakers, and artists to embrace (purposefully or not) the incessant violence in Colombian society as the object of their own creative endeavors"-- Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is the author of The Censorship Files: Latin American Writers and Franco's Spain (2007) andNarrativas híbridas: parodia y posmodernismo en la ficción contemporǹea de las Américas (2000), and co-editor of Market Matters (Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies), Teaching the Latin American Boom (2015), and Territories of Conflict: Traversing Colombia Through Cultural Studies (2017). His articles have appeared in Symposium, Revista Crítica de Literatura Latinoamericana, Hispanófila, MLN, and Hispanic Review. Currently, he is the Editor of Revista de Estudios Colombianos. His research has been supported by the NEH, ACLS, and Fulbright fellowships |
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Print version record |
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Violence in mass media.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Caribbean & Latin American.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
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Civilization.
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Mass media.
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Public opinion.
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Violence in mass media.
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Colombia -- In mass media
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Colombia -- Foreign public opinion
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Colombia -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88003357
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Colombia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781003195702 |
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1003195709 |
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9781000450811 |
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1000450813 |
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1000450775 |
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9781000450774 |
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