Julio Cortázar’s Non-Places

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_309
dc.title	Julio Cortázar’s Non-Places
dc.contributor.author	Silvestri Laura
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/rassegna-iberistica/2016/105/i-non-luoghi-di-julio-cortazar/
dc.description.abstract	Read in light of Marc Augé’s «non places theory», Julio Cortázar’s narrations show how the unlimited technological development of Postmodernity lead people to allienation from themselves, their needs and feelings. In addition to that, they trigger a reflection about the dangers embedded in a passive way of living in the world, which, by making people used to the pre-established schemes, and hinder the possibility to imagine life in a different way.
dc.relation.ispartof	Rassegna iberistica
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 39 \| Issue 105 \| June 2016
dc.issued	2016-06-30
dc.dateSubmitted	2016-02-11
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2037-6588
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/2037-6588/Ri-39-105-16-9
dc.peer-review	no
dc.subject	Hispanic American Literatures
dc.subject	Hispanic American Literatures
dc.subject	Julio Cortázar
dc.subject	Julio Cortázar
dc.subject	Non places
dc.subject	Non places
dc.subject	Postmodernity
dc.subject	Postmodernity

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Laura Silvestri Università di Roma «Tor Vergata», Italia

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abstract

Read in light of Marc Augé’s «non places theory», Julio Cortázar’s narrations show how the unlimited technological development of Postmodernity lead people to allienation from themselves, their needs and feelings. In addition to that, they trigger a reflection about the dangers embedded in a passive way of living in the world, which, by making people used to the pre-established schemes, and hinder the possibility to imagine life in a different way.

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June 30, 2016

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Feb. 11, 2016

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Keywords: Julio Cortázar • Non places • Hispanic American Literatures • Postmodernity

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