Maria Elisa: Cevasco [2021]

Cevasco's work often addresses the evolution and "impasse" of cultural studies. She argues that culture should be viewed not just as a collection of high art, but as the lived experience and construction of meanings within society. Maria Elisa Cevasco, Fredric Jameson's A Singular Modernity

To understand Cevasco’s urgency, one must look at the historical context of Brazil. She came of age intellectually during the tail end of the military dictatorship (1964–1985). The return to democracy in the late 1980s brought a hunger for critical theories that could explain the nation’s trauma. maria elisa cevasco

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