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

Informationen zum Autor Abraham Acosta Klappentext 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." Zusammenfassung 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.” Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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• Authors: Abraham Acosta
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.04.2014
• EAN: 9780823257102
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-5710-2
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Just Ideas (FUP); Just Ideas: Transformative Ide; Just Ideas; Just Ideas: Transformative Ide
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies