Tag Archives: Latino America

¿Es Bolaño postmoderno?

Posted on December 5, 2010 by admin

Mi respuesta corta a esta pregunta es: depende. Si, como dice Eagleton, en su The ilussions of postmodernism, entendemos por postmoderno (en el más puro sentido jamesoniano) la alusión a un “specific historical period”, entonces hay que responder que sí, … Continue reading →

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Bolaño y el capitalismo

Posted on January 6, 2010 by admin

En este interesante post, el salvadoreño Horacio Castellanos Moya discute las posibles razones ocultas tras la fama de Bolaño. Cito a continuación un párrafo que me parece lo resume todo: Albert Fianelli, an Italian fellow journalist, parodies a quote often … Continue reading →

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¿Avatar vs. Caliban?

Posted on December 23, 2009 by admin

El tema racial y el discurso postmoderno En un reciente comentario sobre la película Avatar de James Cameron, Annalee Newitz se pregunta si la misma no es más que una fantasía sobre temas raciales, “the latest scifi rehash of an … Continue reading →

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Notes on 2666

Posted on October 29, 2009 by admin

Recently, I found this “Notes Toward an Annotated Edition of 2666″ by Natasha Wimmer, Bolaño‘s official translator. These “Notes” have interesting information, some of them first hand from Bolaño’s friends or/and personal archives. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this … Continue reading →

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Something fishy from the city of brotherly love

Posted on July 11, 2009 by admin

Recent news about a race-related incident in Philadelphia make me re-think the whole question of whether we live in a post-racial society. As a minority myself, I know first hand what is behind the “change [our] complexion” argument. After all, … Continue reading →

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