Graciliano Ramos and the Making of Modern Brazil

Memory, Politics and Identities

By: Sara Brandellero (Adapted By), Lucia Villares (Adapted By)

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Hardcover | 1 January 2017 | Edition Number 1

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288 Pages

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21.6 x 13.8 x 2.5

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Graciliano Ramos and the Making of Modern Brazil brings updated criticism in English on the work of foremost Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos (1892-1953), a key figure in understanding the making of modern Brazil. Building on existing literature on Ramos, this book innovates through chapters that consider issues such as the author's dialogue with literary tradition, his cultural legacy for contemporary writers, and his treatment of racial discrimination and gender inequality through the multifarious, provocative and enduringly fascinating characters he created. The volume also addresses the question of Ramos's political involvement during the years of the Getulio Vargas government (1930-45), aiming to revisit established readings of the author's politics. Through close reading of individual works as well as comparative analyses, this volume takes readers into the complexities of modernization in Brazil, and highlights the writer's significance for our understanding of Brazil today.

Industry Reviews

'This volume of essays represents a welcome reappraisal of the works of a Brazilian writer whose innovative portrayals of poverty, social inequality, small-town life and economic migration are still surprising and relevant, more than fifty years after they were first published.'- Dr Claire Williams, University of Oxford; 'Not before time, a collection of essays by some of the best-known scholars in Brazilian Studies, writing about one of Brazil's greatest writers. A valuable addition to Graciliano Ramos's bibliography in English or any language, for academics and students alike.'- Professor M. M. Lisboa, University of Cambridge

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