Surveillance, the Cold War, and Latin American literature /

This book is a cultural and aesthetic analysis of the complex relation between state police agencies and intellectuals and writers in Latin America during the Cold War. What did agents care about when they spied on writers and artists? Did state surveillance impact the creation of writers and, if so...

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Main Author:	Noemi Voionmaa, Daniel (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2022].
Subjects:	Mexican literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Mexican literature > Political aspects. Chilean literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Chilean literature > Political aspects. Guatemalan literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Guatemalan literature > Political aspects. Uruguayan literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Uruguayan literature > Political aspects. Surveillance in literature. Cold War in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American.

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Summary:	This book is a cultural and aesthetic analysis of the complex relation between state police agencies and intellectuals and writers in Latin America during the Cold War. What did agents care about when they spied on writers and artists? Did state surveillance impact the creation of writers and, if so, how? What did it mean to live and write in a society torn between anticommunist paranoia and revolutionary rhetoric?
Physical Description:	xiii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781009153607 1009153609