Ambivalent desires : representations of modernity and private life in Colombia (1890s-1950s) /

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Ambivalent Desires is a literary and cultural study of the reception of modernity in Colombia. Unlike previous studies of Latin American modernization, which have usually focused on the public aspect of the process, this book discusses the intersection between modernity and the private sphere.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Andrade, María Mercedes, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lewisburg [Pa.] : Lanham, Md. : Bucknell University Press ; Rowman & Littlefield, c2011.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Colombian literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Colombian literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature) > Colombia.
Privacy in literature.
Littérature colombienne > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Modernisme (Littérature) > Colombie.
Vie privée dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese.
Colombian literature.
Modernism (Literature)
Colombia.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The modern dream in the work of Jose Asuncion Silva
  • Fashion and nation in El Grafico
  • Public private memories in the work of Tomas Rueda Vargas
  • Caged birds, hothouse flowers: women writers and the interior
  • The modern interior as nightmare in the work of Ignacio Gomez Davila.

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