{"product_id":"ciudades-y-mundos-posibles-distop-a-y-estados-de-control-en-la-novela-hispanoamericana-contempor-nea-hardcover","title":"Ciudades Y Mundos Posibles: Distopía Y Estados de Control En La Novela Hispanoamericana Contemporánea - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLuis Mora-Ballesteros\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A critical examination of Latin American urban novels from the 2000s highlights a growing trend to view the present and depict the future in a negative and destructive light. This book studies 10 fictions that bring together transgressive, violent, prospective, and sociopolitical aesthetics: \u003cem\u003ePiedras encantadas\u003c\/em\u003e (2001), by Rodrigo Rey Rosa (Guatemala); \u003cem\u003eAngosta\u003c\/em\u003e (2003), by Héctor Abad (Colombia); \u003cem\u003eEl cerco de Bogotá\u003c\/em\u003e (2003), by Santiago Gamboa (Colombia); \u003cem\u003eInsensatez\u003c\/em\u003e (2004), by Horacio Castellanos (Honduras); \u003cem\u003eNocturama\u003c\/em\u003e (2006), by Ana Torres (Venezuela); \u003cem\u003eAverno\u003c\/em\u003e (2006), by Gabriel Jiménez (Venezuela); \u003cem\u003eLa última vez\u003c\/em\u003e (2007), by Héctor Bujanda (Venezuela); \u003cem\u003eEl sueño de Mariana\u003c\/em\u003e (2008), by Jorge Galán (El Salvador); \u003cem\u003eEl cielo llora por mí\u003c\/em\u003e (2008), by Sergio Ramírez (Nicaragua), and \u003cem\u003eBajo tierra\u003c\/em\u003e 2008), by Gustavo Valle (Venezuela). The analysis of the corpus allows us to identify the thematic evolution of the violent city, the infernal city, the dystopian city, the post-revolutionary city and the algorithmic city, as well as their corresponding forms and writing strategies, which could constitute the articulation of some possible worlds. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuis Mora-Ballesteros is Assistant Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature at the United States Naval Academy (USNA). His field of research is dystopian fiction and urban representations in 21st-century Hispanic American literature. He is the author of the books \u003cem\u003eCritical Practices: Notes on Urban Literatures of the Hispanic Caribbean\u003c\/em\u003e (2022), co-editor of \u003cem\u003eTransgressions in Ibero-American Letters: Visions of Poetic Language\u003c\/em\u003e (2021), \u003cem\u003eDiasporas, Exiles, and Representations in Hispanic American Art and Literature\u003c\/em\u003e (2023), and co-author of the \u003cem\u003eBasic School Dictionary Saber\u003c\/em\u003e (2016). His creative work includes the novels \u003cem\u003eLa sombra del comandante\u003c\/em\u003e (2022), and Border Diptych (2024). https: \/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1143-9783. \u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 193\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 17, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42412062179463,"sku":"9783111390536","price":169.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/825b67f7f5fba37da87d23bebf73cfeb.webp?v=1741507590","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/ciudades-y-mundos-posibles-distop-a-y-estados-de-control-en-la-novela-hispanoamericana-contempor-nea-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}