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McOndo

McOndo proper noun: a Latin American literary movement that breaks from magical realism and counters it with the strong, ideological associations of the cultural and narrative languages of the mass media, and with the modernity of urban living.

Proper noun

McOndo

  1. A Latin American literary movement that breaks from magical realism and counters it with the strong, ideological associations of the cultural and narrative languages of the mass media, and with the modernity of urban living.

Origin of McOndo

A combination of Mc- (from the McDonald's fast-food restaurant chain) and Macondo, name of a fictional town in the novels of Gabriel García Márquez. Coined as the title of a 1996 short-story anthology by Chilean writers Alberto Fuguet and Sergio Gómez.

Questions about McOndo

What does McOndo mean?
McOndo means a Latin American literary movement that breaks from magical realism and counters it with the strong, ideological associations of the cultural and narrative languages of the mass media, and with the modernity of urban living.
What part of speech is McOndo?
McOndo is a proper noun.

Words near McOndo in the dictionary

  1. McOmber
  2. McOmbers
  3. McOmie
  4. McOmies
  5. McOmish
  6. McOndo
  7. McOrmick
  8. McOrmicks
  9. McOrmond
  10. McOrmonds
  11. MCOs

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