03162nam 2200613 a 450 991045221790332120200520144314.00-8166-5444-1(CKB)1000000000482431(EBL)328383(OCoLC)476125716(SSID)ssj0000255267(PQKBManifestationID)11216371(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000255267(PQKBWorkID)10212370(PQKB)11788703(MiAaPQ)EBC328383(OCoLC)191805959(MdBmJHUP)muse39904(Au-PeEL)EBL328383(CaPaEBR)ebr10212618(CaONFJC)MIL523298(EXLCZ)99100000000048243120070206d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTaking their word[electronic resource] literature and the signs of Central America /Arturo AriasMinneapolis University of Minnesota Press20071 online resource (326 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-4849-2 0-8166-4848-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Revolutionary endgame : globalization and the trajectory of narrative -- Erotic transgression and recodification of values in Asturias's Mulata -- Identity or literariness : the emergence of a New Maya literature -- Authoring ethnicized subjects : the performative production of the subaltern self -- After the controversy : lessons learned about subalternity and the indigenous subject -- Reading truthfully : an American reading of a subaltern text -- The burning of the Spanish embassy : Máximo Cajal versus David Stoll -- The Maya movement -- Central American-Americans? : Latino and Latin American subjectivities -- American Central Americans : invisibility and representation in the Latino United States -- Conclusion: Forever modern, forever marginal.In Taking Their Word, Arias complicates notions of the cultural production of Central America. Arias demonstrates that Central America and its literature are marked by an indigenousness that has never before been fully theorized or critically grasped. With this groundbreaking work, Arias establishes the importance of Central American literature and provides a frame for future studies of the region's culture.Central American literature20th centuryHistory and criticismCentral American literatureMayan influencesNational characteristics, Central American, in literatureElectronic books.Central American literatureHistory and criticism.Central American literatureMayan influences.National characteristics, Central American, in literature.860.9/972/0904Arias Arturo1950-681139MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452217903321Taking their word2030797UNINA