World Editors Dynamics of Global Publishing and the Latin American Case between the Archive and the Digital Age

• Main Author: Gustavo Guerrero, Benjamin Loy, Gesine Müller
• Format: eBook
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2020
• Series: Latin American Literatures in the World / Literaturas Latinoamericanas en el Mundo
• Subjects: Biography, Literature and Literary studies; Book industries and trade; Buchmärkte; Cultural and media studies; DSBH5 Literary studies: postcolonial literature; Economics, Finance, Business and Management; Editorial mediation; Global publishing; Industry and industrial studies; Internationale Verlagsgeschichte; KNTP1 Publishing and book trade; Literarische Rezeption; LITERARY CRITICISM; LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American; Literary reception; Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000; Literary studies: general; Literature: history and criticism; Media studies; Media, entertainment, information and communication industries; Publishers and publishing; Publishing; Publishing industry and journalism; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Spanish & Portuguese literatures; Translations; Weltliteraturen; World literatures; Latin America; Literary reception; Editorial mediation; World literatures; Global publishing

The existence of World Literature depends on specific processes, institutions, and actors involved in the global circulation of literary works. Looking at Latin American 20th and 21st century literatures, this book analyzes the role of publishing houses, politics of translation, mediators and gateke...