| Description |
1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrations |
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The Bucknell studies in Latin American literature and theory |
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Bucknell studies in Latin American literature and theory.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- By fire, water, or stone : the destruction of imagery in Octavio Paz's "Ciudad de México" series -- Aesthetics, politics, and the urban in Julio Cortázar's short stories -- Uncanny dispersions in Cristina Peri Rossi's La nave de los locos -- Scripting the city : Diamela Eltit's Lumpérica and Vaca sagrada -- The spectacle as metaphor : urban disorder in Carlos Monsiváis's Los rituales del caos -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"Using concepts from urban and cultural studies, City Fictions examines the representation of the city in the works of five important late-twentieth century Spanish American writers: Octavio Paz, Julio Cortazar, Christina Peri Rossi, Diamela Eltit, and Carlos Monsivais. While each of these writers is influenced at least partially by a specific Spanish American city - be it Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, or Santiago - they share ways in which they fictionalize the city. They all equate language and body with urban space. In these metaphors, language breaks down and the body disintegrates, creating a disturbing picture of violent decline. Amanda Holmes demonstrates how representation of the city through metaphors of linguistic and corporeal rupture as well as of new vital human possibilities, reflects a response to both political violence and untenable economic policies in Latin America during the last three decades of the twentieth century."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-208) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Spanish American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Cities and towns in literature.
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Cities and towns in literature
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Spanish American fiction
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Steden.
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Bellettrie.
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Spaans.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Bucknell University Press.
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| LC no. |
2006025901 |
| ISBN |
9780838758656 |
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0838758657 |
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