Commodifying Violence in Literature and on Screen / / Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola.

"Through an exploration of the cultural processes that perpetuate the "darker side" of Latin America for global consumption, this book investigates the "condition" that has led writers, filmmakers, and artists to embrace (purposefully or not) the incessant violence in Colomb...

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Place / Publishing House:New York : : Routledge,, 2022.
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (200 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the Colombian condition
  • Narco-stories globalized: Pablo Escobar and excess consumption
  • The Ingrid Betancourt story: memory in the times of mass media
  • The travelogue boom: dark exoticism for global consumption
  • Affective visuality: the cinema of conflict and reconciliation
  • Epilogue: post-conflict Colombia?.