Literary Fictions of the Contemporary Art System: Global Perspectives in Spanish and Portuguese (Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature)

By: Carlos Garrido Castellano

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Synopsis: The main objective of this book is to explain how contemporary literatures in Spanish and Portuguese are dealing with artistic creativity when artmaking is no longer a specialised field of cultural production, but rather an expanded field of socioeconomic interaction, personal and creative self-definition and collective imagination. The project positions the contemporary art novel as the most suitable place to understand how the economisation of cultural labour is affecting writers and artists alike. The authors examined in this book, including José Saramago, Rita Indiana Hernández, María Gainza, Mayra Santos Febres and Ondjaki (amongst others) explore the contradictions of the art market, the dynamics of art education, the multifaceted activity of curators and socially engaged artists in relation to broader debates on the role of culture in the configuration of socioeconomic dynamics. The book maps a new trend within contemporary literature that taps into the visual art system to reassess the role of literature in critical ways.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 216 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781000619881
Related ISBNs:: 9781032302874, 9781003152118, 9780367714567
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 07/29/22
Copyrighted By:: Carlos Garrido Castellano
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Business and Finance, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.