Post-Boom

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Post-Boom is a literary movement in Latin America that emerged after the Boom, characterized by more accessible narratives, diverse voices, and a focus on everyday realities and political critique.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin American literary movement
literary movement
developedDuring 1970s
1980s
1990s
emergedAfter 1960s Latin American Boom
emergedIn Latin America NERFINISHED
follows Latin American Boom NERFINISHED
hasInfluenceFrom Latin American Boom NERFINISHED
globalization
mass media culture
military dictatorships in Latin America
political upheavals in Latin America
postmodernism
urbanization in Latin America
hasLanguage Portuguese
Spanish
hasMainCharacteristic attention to consumer society
attention to youth culture
combination of realism with playful narrative strategies
critical view of neoliberalism
diverse voices
engagement with mass media culture
experimentation with popular culture references
exploration of gender and sexuality
focus on contemporary urban life
focus on everyday realities
focus on subjectivity and identity
fragmented but readable narratives
greater attention to female perspectives
greater influence of crime and detective fiction
hybridization of genres
inclusion of marginalized social groups
influence of cinema and television
intertextuality
irony and parody
less emphasis on magical realism
less reliance on high modernist experimentation
more accessible narratives
more linear plots
political critique
regional diversity within Latin America
representation of dictatorship and state violence
representation of everyday speech patterns
representation of exile and migration
self-reflexive narration
urban settings
use of colloquial language
use of humor to address serious topics
use of metafictional devices

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Latin American Boom
followedBy

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