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Author Arias, Arturo.

Title Taking their word : literature and the signs of Central America / Arturo Arias
Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 299 pages)
Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-278) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Central American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Central American literature -- Mayan influences
National characteristics, Central American, in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Spanish & Portuguese.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Hispanic American Studies.
Central American literature
National characteristics, Central American, in literature
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
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