Hollywood Cinema and Simulation in the Novels of Roberto Arlt.
This essay studies the treatment of Hollywood cinema in the novels of Argentine writer Roberto Arlt, drawing on notions of simulation found in monographs written by sociologists José María Ramos Mejía and José Ingenieros. I argue that Arlt's understanding of the relationship between Hollywood cinema...
| Publicado en: | Revista de Estudios Hispánicos Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 237 - 261 |
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Washington University
Mar2021
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