Latin American Neo-Baroque: Senses of Distortion

By Pablo Baler

Book Overview

Pablo Baler studies the ruptures and continuities linking the de-centered dynamics of the 17thcentury to the logic of instability that permeates 20th century visual and literary production in Latin America. Bringing philosophy, literary interpretation, art criticism, and a poetic approach to the history of ideas, Baler offers a new perspective from which to understand the uncanny phenomenon of baroque distortion. This interdisciplinary inquiry not only leads to a more specific formulation regarding the singularity of the reappropriations of the baroque in Spanish America, but also allows for a more comprehensive assessment of its historical reach in the broader context of the representational crisis of modernity.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349949167
• ISBN13: 9781349949168
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 149 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"