We, the Barbarians: Three Mexican Writers in the Twenty-First Century

"We, the Barbarians" embarks on a careful and exhaustive reading of three of the most prominent authors...
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Author: Mabel Mora?a
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We, the Barbarians: Three Mexican Writers in the Twenty-First Century by Mora?a, Mabel

We, the Barbarians: Three Mexican Writers in the Twenty-First Century

BD$99.75

We, the Barbarians: Three Mexican Writers in the Twenty-First Century

BD$99.75
Author: Mabel Mora?a
Format: Paperback
Language: English
"We, the Barbarians" embarks on a careful and exhaustive reading of three of the most prominent authors in the latest wave of Mexican fiction: Yuri Herrera, Fernanda Melchor, and Valeria Luiselli. Originally published in Mexico in 2021, this work is divided into three parts, one for each author's narrative production. The book analyzes all of the literary works published by Herrera, Melchor, and Luiselli from the beginning of their writing careers until 2021, allowing for a diachronic interpretation of their respective narrative projects as well as for comparative approaches to their aesthetic and ideological contours.

Characterized by the fragmentation of civil society and the decomposition of the myths that accompanied the consolidation of the modern nation, Mexican visual and literary arts have explored a myriad of representational avenues to approach the phenomena of violence, institutional decay, and political instability. The critical and theoretical approaches in "We, the Barbarians" explore a variety of alternative symbolic representations of topics such as nationalism, community, and affect in times impacted by systemic violence, precariousness, and radical inequality. Moraña perceives the negotiations between regional/local imaginaries and global scenarios characterized by the devaluation and resignification of life, both at individual and collective levels. Though it uses three authors as its focus, this book seeks to more broadly theorize the question of the relationship between literature and the social in the twenty-first century.

Author: Mabel Mora?a
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 05/20/2024
Pages: 408
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9780826506696

About the Author
Mabel Moraña is a professor of Spanish at Washington University in St. Louis.

Stephanie Kirk is a translator and professor of Hispanic studies at Washington University in St. Louis, working on Latin American literature and translation studies.

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