Graciliano Ramos and the Making of Modern Brazil: Memory, by Dr Sara Brandellero,Dr Lucia Villares

By Dr Sara Brandellero,Dr Lucia Villares

Graciliano Ramos and the Making of recent Brazil brings up to date feedback in English at the paintings of the admired Brazilian author Graciliano Ramos (1892–1953), a key determine in knowing the making of contemporary Brazil. development on present literature, this publication innovates via chapters that give some thought to concerns akin to Ramos’s discussion with literary culture, his cultural legacy for modern writers, and his therapy of racial discrimination and gender inequality throughout the multifarious, provocative and enduringly interesting characters he created. the quantity additionally addresses the query of Ramos’s political involvement in the course of the years of the Getulio Vargas executive (1930–45), to revisit verified readings of the author’s politics. via shut analyzing of person works in addition to comparative analyses, this quantity takes readers into the complexities of modernisation in Brazil, and highlights the writer’s value for our realizing of Brazil today.

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