Carpentier, Collecting, and "Lo Barroco Americano"

Autor/in	Rogers, Charlotte
Titel	Carpentier, Collecting, and "Lo Barroco Americano"
Quelle	In: Hispania, 94 (2011) 2, S.240-251 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-2133
DOI	10.1353/hpn.2011.0051
Schlagwörter	Latin American Culture; Foreign Countries; Latin Americans; Profiles; Art Products; Authors; Cultural Influences; Psychological Patterns; Cuba + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Latin America; People; Lateinamerika; Bevölkerung; Volk; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Künstlerische Produktion; Author; Autor; Autorin; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Kuba
Abstract	Throughout his life, Alejo Carpentier was a tireless collector of paintings, sculpture, musical recordings, and folklore objects. In light of Carpentier's Swiss birth and many years of residence outside of Cuba, the act of collecting plays a crucial role in defining the relationship between the author and Latin American culture in his life and work. This article first examines the significance of Carpentier's drive to collect objects from Latin America. It then argues that while Carpentier's fascination with collecting originates in surrealist techniques of juxtaposing incongruent items for artistic impact, his accumulation of objects ultimately fuels his conception of "lo barroco americano". Finally, it demonstrates the centrality of collecting in Carpentier's novelistic work, most importantly in "Los pasos perdidos" (1953). (Contains 9 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10