| Market Aesthetics: The Purchase of the Past in Caribbean Diasporic Fiction Contributor(s): Machado Sáez, Elena (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813937051 ISBN-13: 9780813937052 Publisher: University of Virginia Press OUR PRICE: $29.21 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American |
| Dewey: 813.009 |
| LCCN: 2014035706 |
| Series: New World Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6.46" W x 8.8" (0.81 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Market Aesthetics, Elena Machado S ez explores the popularity of Caribbean diasporic writing within an interdisciplinary, comparative, and pan-ethnic framework. She contests established readings of authors such as Junot D az, Julia Alvarez, Edwidge Danticat, and Robert Antoni while showcasing the work of emerging writers such as David Chariandy, Marlon James, and Monique Roffey. By reading these writers as part of a transnational literary trend rather than within isolated national ethnic traditions, the author is able to show how this fiction adopts market aesthetics to engage the mixed blessings of multiculturalism and globalization via the themes of gender and sexuality. New World StudiesModern Language Initiative |