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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807760103321

Autore

Hicks D. Emily

Titolo

Border writing : the multidimensional text / / D. Emily Hicks ; foreword by Neil Larsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1991

ISBN

0-8166-8398-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 pages)

Collana

Theory and history of literature ; ; v. 80

Disciplina

809.04

809/.04

Soggetti

Alienation (Social psychology) in literature

Boundaries in literature

Comparative literature - Themes, motives

Literature, Modern - 20th century - History and criticism

Minorities in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction: Border Writing as Deterritorialization; 1. García Márquez: Cultural Border Crosser; 2. Beyond the Subject: From the Territorialized to the Deterritorialized Text; 3. Cortázar: The Task of the Translator; 4. That Which Resists: The Code of the Real in Luisa Valenzuela's Como en la guerra; 5. Valenzuela: The Imaginary Body; 6. Contemporary Border Writing and Reading: From Aztlán to Nicaragua; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A paradigmatic contribution to literary theory and interpretation out of the writings of Latin America.