The Consecration and Repositioning of a Frontier Writer: The Phenomenon of the Publishing Market in the Work of Yuri Herrera

This article analyzes the processes of the publishing market as a way of specifying what were the reasons that allowed a literary work such as that of Yuri Herrera, who was initially denied and forgotten, to be revalued and to position itself strongly within the Mexican cultural field. To do this, w...

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Main Author: Juan Rogelio Rosado Marrero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iberoamericana / Vervuert 2018-07-01
Series:Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal
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Online Access:http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/2347
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description This article analyzes the processes of the publishing market as a way of specifying what were the reasons that allowed a literary work such as that of Yuri Herrera, who was initially denied and forgotten, to be revalued and to position itself strongly within the Mexican cultural field. To do this, we will use the concepts of ‘literature in space’ by Franco Moretti and ‘the symbolic value of publishing markets’ proposed by Pascale Casanova; as well as the ideas of Pierre Bourdieu, James English and Ángel Rama about the cultural importance of the publishing market and literary prestige.
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spellingShingle Juan Rogelio Rosado Marrero
The Consecration and Repositioning of a Frontier Writer: The Phenomenon of the Publishing Market in the Work of Yuri Herrera
Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal
Yuri Herrera
Publishing market
Literary prestige
Kingdom Cons, Deterritorialization of prestige
title The Consecration and Repositioning of a Frontier Writer: The Phenomenon of the Publishing Market in the Work of Yuri Herrera
title_full The Consecration and Repositioning of a Frontier Writer: The Phenomenon of the Publishing Market in the Work of Yuri Herrera
title_fullStr The Consecration and Repositioning of a Frontier Writer: The Phenomenon of the Publishing Market in the Work of Yuri Herrera
title_full_unstemmed The Consecration and Repositioning of a Frontier Writer: The Phenomenon of the Publishing Market in the Work of Yuri Herrera
title_short The Consecration and Repositioning of a Frontier Writer: The Phenomenon of the Publishing Market in the Work of Yuri Herrera
title_sort consecration and repositioning of a frontier writer the phenomenon of the publishing market in the work of yuri herrera
topic Yuri Herrera
Publishing market
Literary prestige
Kingdom Cons, Deterritorialization of prestige
url http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/2347
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