The idea of "postmodernity" needs the concept of "modernity". The essay explores various definitions of modernity and asks if that age, typical of wealthy societies, could be used in Central America, where modernity came only to a powerful and minority sector. After explaining what a group of French thinkers call "post-modernism", i.e., the dissolution of modern order, the problem of Central America arises: where there was no "modernity", can one speak of "post-modernity”? Are the superficial manifestations of that movement enough to allow for the application of European categories to our cultural realities?
Liano, D. J., Sobre la postmodernidad en América Central, in Palaisi-robert, M., Duarte-simôes, C. (ed.), Littérature et images multiculturelles des Amériques, Rilma2/ADELH, México-Paris 2010: 13- 25 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/2714]
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Titolo: | Sobre la postmodernidad en América Central |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2010 |
Abstract: | La idea de “postmodernidad” obliga la de “modernidad”. El ensayo explora las definiciones de modernidad y se pregunta si tal modernidad, propia de las sociedades opulentas, puede aplicarse a Centro América, donde la modernidad llegó solamente a un sector poderoso y minoritario. Luego de explicar lo que un grupo de pensadores franceses llama “posmodernidad”, es decir, la disolución del orden moderno, se plantea el problema centroamericano: ¿dónde no hubo “modernidad”, puede hablarse de “posmodernidad”? ¿Bastan las manifestaciones superficiales de ese movimiento para autorizar la aplicación entusiasta de categorías europeas a nuestras realidades culturales? |
Abstract: | The idea of "postmodernity" needs the concept of "modernity". The essay explores various definitions of modernity and asks if that age, typical of wealthy societies, could be used in Central America, where modernity came only to a powerful and minority sector. After explaining what a group of French thinkers call "post-modernism", i.e., the dissolution of modern order, the problem of Central America arises: where there was no "modernity", can one speak of "post-modernity”? Are the superficial manifestations of that movement enough to allow for the application of European categories to our cultural realities? |
Lingua: | Spagnolo |
Titolo del libro: | Littérature et images multiculturelles des Amériques |
Editore: | Rilma2/ADELH |
ISBN: | 978-2-918185-08-6 |
Citazione: | Liano, D. J., Sobre la postmodernidad en América Central, in Palaisi-robert, M., Duarte-simôes, C. (ed.), Littérature et images multiculturelles des Amériques, Rilma2/ADELH, México-Paris 2010: 13- 25 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/2714] |
Appare nelle tipologie: | In libro con curatela: Capitolo o saggio; Prefazione/Postfazione; Breve introduzione; Schede di catalogo, repertorio o corpus |