Speculative fictions : Chilean culture, economics, and the neoliberal transition / Alessandro Fornazzari.

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2013]

viii, 158 pages ; 23 cm.

"Speculative Fictions views the Chilean neoliberal transition as reflected in cultural production from the postdictatorship era of the 1970s to the present. To Alessandro Fornazzari, the move to market capitalism effectively blurred the lines between economics and aesthetics, perhaps nowhere more evidently than in Chile. Through exemplary works of film, literature, the visual arts, testimonials, and cultural theory, Fornazzari reveals the influence of economics over nearly every aspect of culture and society. Citing Karl Marx, Michel Foucault, Walter Benjamin, Willy Thayer, Milton Friedman, and others, Fornazzari forms the theoretical basis for his neoliberal transitional discourse as a logical progression of capitalism"-- Provided by publisher.

English

July 22, 2013

Includes bibliographical references and index.