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The Avant-Garde and the Popular: Rethinking Juan Ramírez Ruiz's Un par de vueltas por la realidad.

Authors :
Liendo, Javier García
Source :
MLN; Mar2016, Vol. 131 Issue 2, p419-441, 23p
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

The article discusses the collection of poems of Peruvian neo-avant-garde writer Juan Ramírez Ruiz entitled "Un par de vueltas por la realidad" (UPVR). It highlights how the poems of UPVR tried to situate avant-garde poetry in the context of the major sociocultural transformations in Peru at the end of 1960s. It notes the efforts of Ramírez Ruiz to comprehend the material conditions of culture.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00267910
Volume :
131
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
MLN
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
115990136
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1353/mln.2016.0022