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None of them propose an epistemology that draws on concepts from criticism or theory to interpret the festival event as a literary form. However, the combined qualitative and quantitative method this work presents is based on a notion of festival programming not only as praxis but also as theory or politics of literature.
In this way, I have carried out a close reading of the programmes of the two most important festivals in Latin America, the Hay Festival in Cartagena de Indias and the Filba Internacional in Buenos Aires, where I have identified four recurring politics that can be considered as procedures of valuing current literature: 1 self- legitimising politics of literary culture; 2 bibliodiverse, egalitarian and inclusive politics; 3 politics of the performativity of literature in relation to other arts; 4 politics of the spectacularization of the image of the writer.
These signifiers have a double impact, commercial and rhetorical, which gives rise to certain imaginaries, valuation patterns or discursive meanings that are reproduced both in Latin American lettered communities and in the global market. Social Media Overview. General Resources. Terms and Conditions. Privacy Statement. Browse Our Titles. Login to my Brill account Create Brill Account. Login via Institution. Purchase instant access PDF download and unlimited online access :. Add to Cart.
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