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Speculative fictions

Fornazzari, Alessandro, 1970-

Speculative fictions Chilean culture, economics, and the neoliberal transition / [electronic resource] : Alessandro Fornazzari. - Pittsburgh, Pa : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (viii, 158 pages ) - Illuminations: cultural formations of the Americas .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-149) and index.

"Speculative Fictions views the Chilean neoliberal transition as reflected in cultural production from the postdictatorship era of the 1970s to the present. To Alessandro Fornazzari, the move to market capitalism effectively blurred the lines between economics and aesthetics, perhaps nowhere more evidently than in Chile. Through exemplary works of film, literature, the visual arts, testimonials, and cultural theory, Fornazzari reveals the influence of economics over nearly every aspect of culture and society. Citing Karl Marx, Michel Foucault, Walter Benjamin, Willy Thayer, Milton Friedman, and others, Fornazzari forms the theoretical basis for his neoliberal transitional discourse as a logical progression of capitalism"--

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National characteristics, Chilean.
Chilean literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Culture--Economic aspects--Chile.
Neoliberalism--Chile.


Chile--Intellectual life--20th century.
Chile--Civilization--20th century.


Electronic books.

HC192 / .F67 2013

330.983