The tourist aesthetic and empire in Rodrigo Fresán's Mantra and Jardines de Kensington / Timothy R. Robbins. Beyond the ruins of the organized city : urban experiences through the metro in contemporary Mexican literature / Liesbeth François -- Spectral spaces : haunting in the Latin American city / Marta Sierra -- A tale of three cities : urban space in the crack novels (1995-1997) / Tomás Regalado-López -- The night that repeats itself : social dystopia in Managua, Salsa City (¡Devórame Otra Vez!), by Franz Galich / Magdalena Perkowksa -- Urban debris and networking imperialism in Un Arte de Hacer Ruinas by Antonio José Ponte / Eduard Arriaga -- Place-making in the solitude of the city : Valeria Luiselli's Los ingrávidos / Cecily Raynor -- Dislocated subjects in the global city : Santiago Gamboa's Hotel Pekín / Camilo A. Malagon -- Roberto Bolaño's urban labyrinths : the city as metaphor for the silent universe / Juan Pablo Melo -- The tourist aesthetic and empire in Rodrigo Fresán's Mantra and Jardines de Kensington / Timothy R. Robbins.
Summary:
"This collection of essays studies the depiction of contemporary urban space in twenty-first century Latin American fiction. The contributors to this volume seek to understand the characteristics that make the representation of the postmodern city in a Latin American context unique. The chapters focus on cities from a wide variety of countries in the region, highlighting the cultural and political effects of neoliberalism and globalization in the contemporary urban scene"-- Provided by publisher.
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