Belonging Beyond Borders: Cosmopolitan Affiliations in Contemporary Spanish American Literature

Belonging Beyond Borders maps the evolution of cosmopolitanism in Spanish American narrative literature through a generational lens. Drawing on a new theoretical framework that blends intellectual studies and literary history with integrated approaches to Spanish American narrative, this book traces the evolution from aesthetic cosmopolitanism through anti—colonial nationalism to modern political cosmopolitanism.

Cosmopolitanism in Latin America has historically been associated with colonial...