ABOUT THIS BOOK

Latin American Adventures in Literary Journalismexplores the central role of narrative journalism in the formation of national identities in Latin America, and the concomitant role the genre had in the consolidation of the idea of Latin America as a supra-national entity. This work discusses the impact that the form had in the creation of an original Latin American literature during six historical moments. Beginning in the 1840s and ending in the 1970s, Calvi connects the evolution of literary journalism with the consolidation of Latin America’s literary sphere, the professional practice of journalism, the development of the modern mass media, and the establishment of nation-states in the region.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Pablo Calvi is an assistant professor at Stony Brook University School of Journalism.

REVIEWS

“Calvi traces a genealogy of literary journalism and its specific subgenres, as they have been developed from the nineteenth through twentieth centuries. Through extensive archival work and insightful readings of both canonical and lesser known authors, this book presents readers with a compelling analysis of literary journalism as a hybrid genre and its ongoing impact on both public and intellectual debates in a broader Latin American context.” —Juan G. Ramos, College of the Holy Cross

“[Calvi’s] excellent first book, Latin American Adventures in Literary Journalism, is a welcome effort to connect Latin American journalism, and especially long-form literary journalism, with the broader context of Latin American culture, and especially its literature.” —Estudios Interdisciplinarios de América Latina y el Caribe

"Calvi’s running comparison of Latin American literary journalism with the various phases of journalism in the United States is a strong, well-founded aspect of this book. Equally important, perhaps even more so, is the development of an alternative literary journalism in the likes of Rodolfo Walsh and Gabriel García Márquez, and the similarities regarding truthfulness and fiction with American ‘new journalists’ as well as the contrasts with them. The testimonial aspect of this literary journalism is an important aspect as well as Cuba’s role in consecrating it as a genre in its prestigious prizes. All in all, Latin American Adventures in Literary Journalism is a worthy read, a very well written one." —George Yúdice, University of Miami

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART I. IN-FORMING THE NEW PUBLICS

Chapter 1. The Trial of Francisco Bilbao and Its Role in the Foundation of Latin American Journalism

Chapter 2. Domingo Sarmiento, Facundo, and the Birth of Latin American Nonfiction in the Hands of a Political Exile

Chapter 3. José Martí and the Chronicles That Built Modern Latin America

PART II. LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD

Chapter 4. Modernity, Markets, and Urban Bohemia: The Southern Cone in the Early Twentieth Century

Chapter 5. The Mass Press

PART III. BOTTOM-UP JOURNALISM

Chapter 6. Latin American Narrative Journalism and the Cuban Revolution

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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