| Literature and Subjection: The Economy of Writing and Marginality in Latin America Contributor(s): Legrás, Horacio (Author) |
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ISBN: 0822959992 ISBN-13: 9780822959991 Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Legras views the factors that have both formed and stifled the integration of peripheral experiences into Latin American literature. He analyzes key works by novelists Juan Jose Saer ("The Witness"), Nellie Campobello ("Cartucho"), Roa Bastos ("Son of Man"), and Jose Maria Arguedas ("The Fox from Up Above and the Fox from Down Below"), among others, to provide a theoretical basis for understanding the plight of the author, the peripheral voice, and the confines of the literary medium. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American - History | Latin America - South America |
| Dewey: 860.998 |
| LCCN: 2008016331 |
| Series: Illuminations: Cultural Formations of the Americas (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.90 lbs) 300 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Through theoretical, philosophical, cultural, political, and historical analysis, Horacio Legras views the myriad factors that have both formed and stifled the integration of peripheral experiences into Latin American literature. Despite these barriers, Legras reveals a handful of contemporary authors who have attempted in earnest to present marginalized voices to the Western world. His deep and insightful analysis of key works by novelists Juan Jos Saer (The Witness), Nellie Campobello (Cartucho), Roa Bastos (Son of Man), and Jose Mar a Arguedas (The Fox from Up Above and the Fox from Down Below), among others, provides a theoretical basis for understanding the plight of the author, the peripheral voice and the confines of the literary medium. What emerges is an intricate discussion of the clash and subjugation of cultures and the tragedy of a lost worldview. |
