Colombian Gothic in cinema and literature
Gabriel Eljaiek-Rodríguez.
Bok Engelsk 2022 Gabriel Andrés Eljaiek Rodríguez
| Omfang | 1 online resource (117 pages) : : digital, PDF file(s).
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Dec 2021).. - Cover -- Front Matter -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of Cotents -- Chapters Int-4 -- Introduction: The Gothic in Colombia and in Latin America -- Chapter 1 Gothic Pioneers: José Asunción Silva and José Joaquín Vargas Valdés -- Gothic Poetry in Silva -- The Gothic Chronicle in Vargas Valdés -- Chapter 2 Gothic in the "Hot Lands" -- Caleño Neologisms: Caliwood and the Tropical Gothic -- Saudó, laberinto de almas: Afro-Colombian Witches and the Gothic -- Chapter 3 Colombian Negrótico and the Gothic in the Mountains -- Literary Negrótico: Mario Mendoza and Hugo Chaparro Valderrama -- El páramo: Horrors of the Conflict at High Altitude -- Chapter 4 Beyond the Regions -- End Matter -- Bibliography -- Index.. - <i>The Colombian Gothic in Cinema and Literature</i> traces the aesthetic and political development of the Gothic genre in Colombia. Gabriel Eljaiek-Rodríguez shows how, in the hands of Colombian writers and filmmakers, Gothic tropes are taken to their extremes to reflect particularly Colombian issues, like the ongoing armed conflict in the country since the 1950s as various left wing guerillas, government factions and paramilitary groups escalated violence. In this context, collectives such as the 'Cali group' challenge both the centrality of US and European Gothics as well as the centrality of Bogota-centered perspectives of Colombian politics and conflict. The book demonstrates how writers and filmmakers transform the European and American Gothic to show genealogical links between colonization, imperialism and domestic elites' maintenance of social inequalities.
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