Neobaroque in the Americas
Alternative Modernities in Literature, Visual Art, and Film
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American
| Author: | Monika Kaup | ISBN: | 9780813933146 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press | Publication: | November 7, 2012 |
| Imprint: | University of Virginia Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Monika Kaup |
| ISBN: | 9780813933146 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press |
| Publication: | November 7, 2012 |
| Imprint: | University of Virginia Press |
| Language: | English |
In a comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of modern and postmodern literature, film, art, and visual culture, Monika Kaup examines the twentieth century's recovery of the baroque within a hemispheric framework embracing North America, Latin America, and U.S. Latino/a culture. As "neobaroque" comes to the forefront of New World studies, attention to transcultural dynamics is overturning the traditional scholarship that confined the baroque to a specific period, class, and ideology in the seventeenth century. Reflecting on the rich, nonlinear genealogy of baroque expression, Neobaroque in the Americas envisions the baroque as an anti-proprietary expression that brings together seemingly disparate writers and artists and contributes to the new studies in global modernity.
In a comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of modern and postmodern literature, film, art, and visual culture, Monika Kaup examines the twentieth century's recovery of the baroque within a hemispheric framework embracing North America, Latin America, and U.S. Latino/a culture. As "neobaroque" comes to the forefront of New World studies, attention to transcultural dynamics is overturning the traditional scholarship that confined the baroque to a specific period, class, and ideology in the seventeenth century. Reflecting on the rich, nonlinear genealogy of baroque expression, Neobaroque in the Americas envisions the baroque as an anti-proprietary expression that brings together seemingly disparate writers and artists and contributes to the new studies in global modernity.
