Thresholds of Illiteracy - Theory, Latin America, and the Crisis of Resistance

Through a series of literary and cultural analyses, this book examines current theories of resistance and their impact on contemporary Latin American cultural discourse, developing a cultural theory of "illiteracy."

List of contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. Thresholds of Illiteracy, or the Deadlock of Resistance in Latin America Chapter 2. Other Perus: Colono Insurrection and the Limits of Indigenista Narrative Chapter 3. Beyond Transcriptions: Testimonio, Illiteracy, and the Politics of the Literary Chapter 4. Silence, Subalternity, the EZLN, and the Egalitarian Contingency Chapter 5. Hinging on Exclusion and Exception: Bare Life at the US/Mexico Border Afterword. Illiteracy, Ethnic Studies, and the Lessons of SB1070 Notes Works Cited

About the author

Abraham Acosta is Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of

Arizona.

Summary

Through a series of literary and cultural analyses, this book examines current theories of resistance and their impact on contemporary Latin American cultural discourse, developing a cultural theory of “illiteracy.”

Product details

• Authors: Abraham Acosta
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.04.2014
• EAN: 9780823257096
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-5709-6
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Just Ideas; Just Ideas: Transformative Ide; Just Ideas; Just Ideas: Transformative Ide
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies