Disoriented Disciplines: China, Latin America, and the Shape of World Literature. By Rosario Hubert. Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 2024. 324 pages

Rosario Hubert’s Disoriented Disciplines is not merely a historiographical survey of literary exchanges between China and Latin America; rather, it accomplishes something far more ambitious: uncovering the infrastructural foundations upon which twentieth-century Latin American writers and artists—ra...

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Published in:Latin American literary review Vol. 52; no. 104
Main Author: Ran, Wei
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Latin American Research Commons 16.05.2025
ISSN:2330-135X, 2330-135X
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Summary:Rosario Hubert’s Disoriented Disciplines is not merely a historiographical survey of literary exchanges between China and Latin America; rather, it accomplishes something far more ambitious: uncovering the infrastructural foundations upon which twentieth-century Latin American writers and artists—ranging from turn-of-the-century modernismo to contemporary figures still active in cultural and political spheres, such as Santiago Gamboa, Juan Gabriel Vásquez and Colombia’s current ambassador to China and filmmaker Sergio Cabrera, one of Latin American “red diapers”—have constructed their descriptions and narratives about China.
ISSN:2330-135X
2330-135X
DOI:10.26824/lalr.575