Hubert, Rosario. 2023. Disoriented Disciplines: China, Latin America, and the Shape of World Literature. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press.

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https://doi.org/10.51427/com.jcs.2024.6.10

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World Literature, Latin America, China, Comparative Studies, Rosario Hubert

Abstract

Book review of Disoriented Disciplines: China, Latin America, and the Shape of World Literature (2023), by Rosario Hubert, exploring the transnational, diasporic and global dimensions of cultural manifestations of China in Latin America.

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Martina Altalef, Centro de Estudos Comparatistas, U. Lisboa, Portugal

Martina Altalef is a doctoral candidate in Comparative Studies at the School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, and has been granted a scholarship by Camões, I.P. (Portugal). Her dissertation topic is the aesthetical and political portrayal of human hair in contemporary literature and visual arts. Her disciplinary anchoring and interests involve Latin American and African Literature and Arts, Feminist Studies, Ethnic and Racial Studies, and Postcolonial Studies. She develops her research at the Centre for Comparative Studies (School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon) as a member of the cluster DIIA - Iberian and Ibero-American Dialogues, and coordinates the Nucleus of African Studies and African Literature (National University of General San Martín, Argentina). She is a member of the editorial boards of Revista Transas (Argentina) and estrema (Portugal) and works as a literary translator.

Telma Carvalho, Centre for Comparative Studies, U. Lisbon, Portugal

Telma Carvalho is a PhD candidate in Comparative Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, and holds a Master in Translation (2020) from the same institution. Her dissertation proposal, entitled “Intermittent Imaginaries: A Century of Chinese Science Fiction”, seeks to map the themes of the speculative genre throughout the history of twentieth-century China. At the Center for Comparative Studies (CEComp, ULisboa), she is member of the research cluster MOV - Moving Bodies: circulations, narratives and archives in translation, and member of the editorial team at estrema: interdisciplinary journal of humanities. Prior to her postgraduate studies, she was a teacher and translator in China, where she lived for ten years. Her research interests broadly fall under the fields of Translation, Chinese Modern Literature and Speculative Fiction.

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Published

2024-12-28

How to Cite

Altalef, Martina, and Telma Carvalho. 2024. “Hubert, Rosario. 2023. Disoriented Disciplines: China, Latin America, and the Shape of World Literature. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press”. Compendium: Journal of Comparative Studies | Revista De Estudos Comparatistas, no. 6 (December). Lisboa, Portugal:158-64. https://doi.org/10.51427/com.jcs.2024.6.10.

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No. 6 (2024): Literature and Comparative Studies: Theories, Paradigms, Models

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Reviews | Recensões

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