Non-literary Fiction: Art of the Americas under Neoliberalism

Explores a new form of fiction that emerged in late-twentieth-century visual art across the Americas.

With Non-literary Fiction, Esther Gabara examines how contemporary art produced across the Americas has reacted to the rising tide of neoliberal regimes, focusing on the crucial role of fiction in daily politics. Gabara argues that these fictions depart from familiar literary narrative structures and emerge in the new mediums and practices that have revolutionized contemporary art. Each ch...