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Between market and myth : the Spanish artist novel in the post-transition, 1992-2014 / Katie J. Vater.

Author/creator Vater, Katie J.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoLewisburg, Pennsylvania : Bucknell University Press, 2020.
Descriptionpages cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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Series Campos ibericos
Contents The weight of fame: memory in two contemporary Künstlerromane by Ángeles Caso and Julio Llamazares -- The postfeminist turn in the artist novel by women: the case of Almudena Grandes, Clara Usón, and Nieves Herrero -- The art historian as neoliberal subject in Lourdes Ortiz's Las manos de Velázquez and Paloma Díaz-Mas's El sueño de Venecia -- Affiliation anxiety: avant-garde identity at dOCUMENTA(13) in Enrique Vila-Matas's Kasselno invita la lógic -- Conclusion.
Abstract "In its early transition to democracy following Franco's death in 1975, Spain rapidly embraced neoliberal practices and policies, some of which directly impacted cultural production. In a few short years, the country commercialized its art and literary markets, investing in "cultural tourism" as a tool for economic growth and urban renewal. The artist novel began to proliferate for the first time in a century, but these novels-about artists and art historians-have received little critical attention beyond the descriptive. In Between Market and Myth, Vater studies select authors-Julio Llamazares, Ángeles Caso, Clara Usón, Almudena Grandes, Nieves Herrero, Paloma Díaz-Mas, Lourdes Ortiz, and Enrique Vila-Matas-whose largely realist novels portray a clash between the myth of artistic freedom and artists' willing recruitment or cooptation by market forces or political influence. Today, in an era of rising globalization, the artist novel proves ideal for examining authors' ambivalent notions of creative practice when political patronage and private sector investment complicate belief in artistic autonomy"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019042568
ISBN9781684482214 (paperback)
ISBN9781684482221 (hardcover)
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