The orthodox eccentricity of Daniel Sada: literary field, reception and the anxieties of criticism, 1979-1989 = La ortodoxa excentricidad de Daniel Sada: campo literario, recepción y las ansiedades de la crítica, 1979–1989

Abstract

This article offers a critical analysis of how Daniel Sada (1953-2011) positioned himself in the Mexican literary field and how he navigated its pressures during what could be called his emergent period (1979-89). Through a study of literary criticism produced during that time, the reception of Sada's work, contemporary periodicals, and the publishing history of his early books, this essay provides a narrative and reconstruction of the literary field of the 1980s, and explores the contingencies and transformations of Mexican literature at the end of the twentieth century.

Este artículo ofrece un análisis crítico de la manera en la que Daniel Sada (1953–2011) se posicionó en el campo literario mexicano y cómo navegó sus presiones durante lo que podría llamarse su periodo emergente (1979–89). Mediante un estudio de la crítica literaria producida en la época, la recepción de la obra de Sada, la hemerografía del momento y la historia editorial de sus primeros libros, el ensayo ofrece una narración y reconstrucción del campo literario de los años ochenta, y explora las contingencias y transformaciones de la literatura mexicana de fin del siglo XX.

Publisher

University of California Press

Publication Date

Fall 11-1-2024

Publication Title

Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos

Department

Hispanic Studies

Additional Department

Latin American Studies

Document Type

Article

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1525/msem.2024.40.3.404

Notes

Additional Department: Comparative Literature

Keywords

Daniel Sada, Literary field, Literary modernization, Sociology of literature, Twentieth-century Mexican literature

Language

Spanish

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