Citizenship and Crisis in Contemporary Brazilian Literature

Considering how literary texts address the transformations that Brazil has undergone since its 1985 transition to democracy, this study proposes that Brazilian contemporary literature is informed by the struggle for social, civil, and cultural rights and

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Citizenship and Cr isis in Contemporary Brazilian Literature

10.1057/9781137313362 - Citizenship and Crisis in Contemporary Brazilian Literature, Leila Lehnen

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10.1057/9781137313362 - Citizenship and Crisis in Contemporary Brazilian Literature, Leila Lehnen

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Citizenship and Cr isis in Contemporary Brazilian Literature

citizenship and crisis in contemporary brazilian literature

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Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978-­1-­137-­27755-­8 Library of Congress Cataloging-­in-­Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. Lehnen, Leila Maria. Citizenship and crisis in contemporary Brazilian literature / Leila Lehnen. pages cm Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-1-137-27755-8 (alk. paper) 1. Brazilian literature—20th century—History and criticism. 2. Brazilian literature—21st century—History and criticism. 3. Politics and literature—Brazil—History—20th century. 4. Politics and literature—Brazil—History—21st century. 5. Citizenship in literature. 6. Politics in literature. I. Title. PQ9555.L34 2013 869.09'3588106—dc23

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Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Voices of Contestation: Obstacles and Paths to Citizenship in Contemporary Brazilian Literature

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1 Luiz Ruffato: Landscapes of Disrepair and Despair in Inferno provisório 23 2 Fridges and Suburbs in the New World Order: Fernando Bonassi’s Spaces of Abjection

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3 Practical Handbook of Citizenship: Negating/ Negotiating Human Rights in São Paulo’s Periphery

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4 Cartographies of Hope: Charting Empowerment in Guia afetivo da periferia

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Epilogue 193 Notes 199 Works Cited

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Index 243

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