The Fantasy of Globalism

The Latin American Neo-Baroque

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Central & South American, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Social Science
Cover of the book The Fantasy of Globalism by John V. Waldron, Lexington Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: John V. Waldron ISBN: 9780739177778
Publisher: Lexington Books Publication: December 16, 2013
Imprint: Lexington Books Language: English
Author: John V. Waldron
ISBN: 9780739177778
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication: December 16, 2013
Imprint: Lexington Books
Language: English

For many, the advent of globalization brought with it an end to the way that the world had been viewed previous to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Among the many endings the one that most concerns my book is the perceived foreclosure of any alternatives to the capitalistic ideology that structures globalization. Even criticisms of globalization are bounded by its limits since the critical models they use cannot conceive of a space outside its homogenizing discourse. Against the final limits that shape most interpretations of globalization, I show how writers on the periphery of the globalizing north, through the development and deployment of neo-baroque imaginings, offer a different possibility to monological globalism. I show that the baroque has been a way of resisting and reconfiguring the colonial gaze in Latin America since the time of the first encounter to the present.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

For many, the advent of globalization brought with it an end to the way that the world had been viewed previous to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Among the many endings the one that most concerns my book is the perceived foreclosure of any alternatives to the capitalistic ideology that structures globalization. Even criticisms of globalization are bounded by its limits since the critical models they use cannot conceive of a space outside its homogenizing discourse. Against the final limits that shape most interpretations of globalization, I show how writers on the periphery of the globalizing north, through the development and deployment of neo-baroque imaginings, offer a different possibility to monological globalism. I show that the baroque has been a way of resisting and reconfiguring the colonial gaze in Latin America since the time of the first encounter to the present.

More books from Lexington Books

Cover of the book Media Transparency in China by John V. Waldron
Cover of the book Negotiating Capability and Diaspora by John V. Waldron
Cover of the book The Religion of White Supremacy in the United States by John V. Waldron
Cover of the book Dialectics of the Goddess in Japanese Audiovisual Culture by John V. Waldron
Cover of the book Television, Social Media, and Fan Culture by John V. Waldron
Cover of the book Rethinking the Monstrous by John V. Waldron
Cover of the book Two Metaphysical Naturalisms by John V. Waldron
Cover of the book William Blake's Religious Vision by John V. Waldron
Cover of the book Psychoanalytic Trends in Theory and Practice by John V. Waldron
Cover of the book Global Strategic Engagement by John V. Waldron
Cover of the book War, Evacuation, and the Exercise of Power by John V. Waldron
Cover of the book Nietzschean Psychology and Psychotherapy by John V. Waldron
Cover of the book Faces of Community in Central European Towns by John V. Waldron
Cover of the book Crisis of Gender and the Nation in Korean Literature and Cinema by John V. Waldron
Cover of the book True Green by John V. Waldron
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy