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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828434003321

Autore

Legras Horacio

Titolo

Literature and subjection : the economy of writing and marginality in Latin America

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2008

ISBN

0-8229-7346-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 pages)

Collana

Illuminations Literature and subjection

Disciplina

860.9/98

Soggetti

Latin American literature - History and criticism - 20th century

Marginality, Social, in literature

Romance Literatures

Languages & Literatures

Spanish Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- 1. Literature, Subjection, and the Historical Project of Latin American Literature -- 2. Foundling Selves, Foundational Others Juan José Saer's The Witness -- 3. Coloniality and the Empire of Letter -- 4. Literature as Presentation of the Subject -- 5. Guzman, Campobello, Muñoz: Literary Strategies in the Face of Revolution -- 6. The Cross of Literature in Paragauy: The Critical Legacy of Augusti Roa Bastos -- 7. The End of Rcognition: Arguedas and the Limits of Cultural Subjection -- Notes -- References -- Index.