Crime, Capitalism, and Storytelling in Ricardo Piglia's Plata quemada
2004; Routledge; Volume: 5; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1179/hrj.2004.5.1.27
ISSN1745-820X
Autores Tópico(s)Latin American Literature Analysis
ResumoThe article explores the contribution made by Ricardo Piglia's Plata quemada (1997) to the evolution of the crime novel in Argentina, investigating the ideological foundations of the novela negra as appropriated by Piglia. It confronts the question of the apparent incongruity presented by this sensationalist underworld tale in the context of Piglia's other, more literary and intellectual, narrative projects, finding a significant consistency in its emphasis on the complex interaction between culture and politics which is so central to Piglia's work. By means of its subtle investigations into the relationship between literature and the economy, between the politics of storytelling and of crime, and between history and the media, Plata quemada assembles a powerful critique of capitalism and traces possible new forms of socially-committed writing in contemporary Argentina.
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