Crisis Cultures by Brian S Whitener

Crisis Cultures by Brian S Whitener

Challenges to the Current Cultural Histories of the Neoliberal Period in Mexico and Brazil

Crisis Cultures makes a valuable contribution by connecting these literatures to recent cultural production in Latin AmericaIt is lucid and theoretically ambitious.

* Hispanic American Historical Review *

He analyzes the relations between finance, cultural production, formation of racial identity, state violence, corporatism, subjects, and collectives.

* Choice *

Brian Whitener’s Crisis Cultures constitutes an indispensable contribution to the field of finance-based analysis of culture, not just because of its solid theoretical and factual grounding, but also because of its timeliness. The book provides an insightful approach to the cultural marks left by a decades-long crisis and the coexistence of surplus capital with surplus population.

* Revista de Estudios Hispánicos *

Riveting and timely, Whitener offers a bold path forward for scholars, students, and members of the public stunned by Brazil and Mexico’s descent into profound crisis, torn by exploding state violence, narco-criminalization, social militarization, economic crash, and political alienation. Distinct from other authors who analyze the global economic origins of crisis, Whitener generates a captivating and convincing vision of the role of culture and subject formation in creating a new set of feelings, perceptions, and imaginaries that undergird this age of banking, credit, and debt instruments.

-- Paul Amar, University of California-Santa Barbara

Whitener’s work is outstanding. He brings to the table an archive that is not very well known in Latin American cultural and literary studies circles. Specifically novel is his command of regionally specific Mexican and Brazilian economic discourse. Whitener’s particular way of weaving together economic discourse, theoretical concepts, and historical context in order to read some of the better known Mexican and Brazilian cultural texts produces original interpretations that challenge some of the key concepts in the field.”

-- Alessandro Fornazzari, University of California, Riverside

Brian Whitener is an assistant professor in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures at the University of South Alabama.

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ISBN 13	9780822965862
ISBN 10	0822965860
Title	Crisis Cultures
Author	Brian S Whitener
Series	Illuminations
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	University of Pittsburgh Press
Year published	2019-05-24
Number of pages	232
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