Delirious Consumption: Aesthetics and Consumer Capitalism in Mexico and Brazil

Author:   Sergio Delgado Moya
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
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9781477314357


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   10 November 2017
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Sergio Delgado Moya
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.513kg
ISBN:  

9781477314357


ISBN 10:   1477314350
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   10 November 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Acknowledgments Introduction: Aesthetics in the Age of Consumer Culture—Some Terms Chapter 1. Attention and Distraction: The Billboard as Mural Form Chapter 2. Fascination; or, Enlightenment in the Age of Neon Light Chapter 3. Poetry, Replication, Late Capitalism: Octavio Paz as Concrete Poet Chapter 4. Lygia Clark, at Home with Objects Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index  

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An innovative narrative...Delirious Consumption is a fascinating book. It explores aspects of 'capitalism resistance' that had not been extensively explored before. * Hispania * A well-researched and beautifully written book...Scholars in the Latin American, Mexican, and Brazilian studies fields have in Delgado Moya's text a possible model and a generative source for future research. * European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies * Sergio Delgado's brilliant book...performs a truly radical feat of locating anti-capitalist resistance precisely in the heart of the beast, in consumer culture and the culture industry...a 'deliriously' enjoyable read in addition to being a scholarly tour de force. * Revista *


A well-researched and beautifully written book...Scholars in the Latin American, Mexican, and Brazilian studies fields have in Delgado Moya's text a possible model and a generative source for future research. * European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies * Sergio Delgado's brilliant book...performs a truly radical feat of locating anti-capitalist resistance precisely in the heart of the beast, in consumer culture and the culture industry...a 'deliriously' enjoyable read in addition to being a scholarly tour de force. * Revista *


Sergio Delgado's brilliant book...performs a truly radical feat of locating anti-capitalist resistance precisely in the heart of the beast, in consumer culture and the culture industry...a 'deliriously' enjoyable read in addition to being a scholarly tour de force. * Revista * A well-researched and beautifully written book...Scholars in the Latin American, Mexican, and Brazilian studies fields have in Delgado Moya's text a possible model and a generative source for future research. * European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies * An innovative narrative...Delirious Consumption is a fascinating book. It explores aspects of 'capitalism resistance' that had not been extensively explored before. * Hispania * A brief but diverse and transversal mapping of artworks that allows researchers to gain a better understanding of the aesthetic dimensions of consumer capitalism, as well as its forms of representation. * Latin American Cultural Studies * Attractive...Delgado Moya's book...renews the energies of visual and literary materials that continue to arouse our attention. * Latin American Literary Review *


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Sergio Delgado Moya is an associate professor of romance languages and literatures at Harvard University.

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