Considering how literary texts address the transformations that Brazil has undergone since its 1985 transition to democracy, this study proposes that Brazilian contemporary literature is informed by the struggle for social, civil, and cultural rights and that literary production has created spaces for historically disenfranchised communities.

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"A well-researched resource for those interested in Brazilian and Latin American literature and culture . . . Highly recommended." - CHOICE

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Leila Lehnen is an Associate Professor of of Latin American Literature and Culture at the University of New Mexico, USA.

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Book Title: Citizenship and Crisis in Contemporary Brazilian Literature
Authors: Leila Lehnen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137313362
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-27755-8Published: 10 April 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-44721-3Published: 10 April 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-31336-2Published: 10 April 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 252
Topics: Twentieth-Century Literature, Postcolonial/World Literature, Social Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Latin American Culture, Political Science

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction Voices of Contestation

Luiz Ruffato

Fridges and Suburbs in the New World Order

Practical Handbook of Citizenship

Cartographies of Hope

Epilogue

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