Postmodernist Latinx Literature in the 21st century: the Writings of Giannina Braschi is a chapter by Cristina Garrigós in the new anthology entitled American Studies After Postmodernism.
American Studies after Postmodernism
Edited by Theodora Tsimpouki, Konstantinos Blatanis, and Angeliki Tseti. (Palgrave Macmillan)
This book explores the major challenges that the long-standing and diversely debated demise of postmodernism signifies for American literature, art, culture, history, and politics, in the present, third decade of the twenty-first century. Its scope comprises a vigorous discussion of all these diverse fields undertaken by distinguished scholars as well as junior researchers, U.S. Americanists and European Americanists alike. Focusing on socio-political and cultural developments in the contemporary U.S., their contributions highlight the interconnectedness of the geopolitical, economic, environmental and technological crises that define the historical present on global scale.
Postmodernist Latinx Literature in the 21st century
ABSTRACT:
The main objective of this chapter is to explore whether postmodernism as an aesthetic, cultural, and political phenomenon is still alive in contemporary Latinx writing. To do so, I discuss the work of Puerto Rican Giannina Braschi, the author of United States of Banana (2011). It seems pertinent now to see whether the transgressive narrative tactics of Braschi can be studied as postmodern artifacts and if so, to explore the relationship of her writing with former models of narrative experimentation. Thus, it is the purpose of this article to debate the use of the term postmodernism to refer to the recent literary production of Latinx authors, specifically Braschi, who introduce an openly political and ethical position in their works while reaffirming the relevance of radical aesthetics…
Tags: American Studies After Postmodernism, Latinx postmodernism, Postmodern Latinx Literature