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The Latin American Literary Boom and U.S. Nationalism during the Cold War by Deborah Cohn (review)

The Latin American Literary Boom and U.S. Nationalism during the Cold War by Deborah Cohn (review) Reviews deborah cohn. The Latin American Literary Boom and U.S. Nationalism during the Cold War. Nashville: Vanderbilt UP, 2012. 208 pp. Deborah Cohn's The Latin American Literary Boom and U.S. Nationalism during the Cold War offers a well-researched and compelling study of how Latin American literature in the 1960s and 70s became what historian Gilbert Joseph calls a ``transnational `contact zone' '' of Cold War activity (qtd. in Cohn 200). With intriguing details gleaned from a host of archival sources, Cohn shows how the critical and commercial success of Latin American Boom literature in the U.S. intersected with ideological interests relating to the strategic importance of Latin America in the wake of the Cuban Revolution, and the investment in literature as a symbol of democratic freedom. Cohn focuses on the social networks, infrastructure, and material support that enabled the production and dissemination of Latin American literature in the United States during the heyday of the Boom, alternating her descriptions of North American cultural institutions with the experiences of individuals who came into contact with those institutions, from both North and Latin America, and from both sides of the political spectrum. Through meticulous descriptions of the circumstances around the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Revista Hispánica Moderna University of Pennsylvania Press

The Latin American Literary Boom and U.S. Nationalism during the Cold War by Deborah Cohn (review)

Jenckes, Kate
Revista Hispánica Moderna , Volume 66 (2) – Nov 20, 2013
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Reviews deborah cohn. The Latin American Literary Boom and U.S. Nationalism during the Cold War. Nashville: Vanderbilt UP, 2012. 208 pp. Deborah Cohn's The Latin American Literary Boom and U.S. Nationalism during the Cold War offers a well-researched and compelling study of how Latin American literature in the 1960s and 70s became what historian Gilbert Joseph calls a ``transnational `contact zone' '' of Cold War activity (qtd. in Cohn 200). With intriguing details gleaned from a host of archival sources, Cohn shows how the critical and commercial success of Latin American Boom literature in the U.S. intersected with ideological interests relating to the strategic importance of Latin America in the wake of the Cuban Revolution, and the investment in literature as a symbol of democratic freedom. Cohn focuses on the social networks, infrastructure, and material support that enabled the production and dissemination of Latin American literature in the United States during the heyday of the Boom, alternating her descriptions of North American cultural institutions with the experiences of individuals who came into contact with those institutions, from both North and Latin America, and from both sides of the political spectrum. Through meticulous descriptions of the circumstances around the

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