The Space In-Between - Essays on Latin American Culture

"These essays constitute a refreshing approach to cultural and literary studies by the most courageous and forward-thinking critic in Brazil. Silviano Santiago's breadth of knowledge and critical acumen stem from the erudition and perspicacity of a highly intelligent mind."--Nelson H. Vieira, Brown University

Table des matières

Introduction: Silviano Santiago, a Voice In-Between / Ana Lúcia Gazzola and Wander Melo Miranda

1. Why and For What Purpose Does the European Travel?

2. Latin American Discourse: The Space In-Between

3. Eça, Author of Madame Bovary

4. Universality in Spite of Dependency

5. The Rhetoric of Verisimilitude

6. Worth Its Weight: Brazilian Modernist Fiction

7. The Permanence of the Discourse of Tradition in Modernism

A propos de l'auteur

Silviano Santiago

Résumé

Author has been a pioneer in the development of concepts crucial to the discourse of contemporary critical and cultural theory, especially postcolonial theory. This book translates into English many of his seminal essays and, in the process, introduces the thought of one of Brazil's critics and theorists of the late twentieth century.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Santiago, Silviano Santiago, Silviano Santiago
• Collaboration: Ana Lucia Gazzola (Traduction)
• Edition: Duke University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 08.04.2002
• EAN: 9780822327523
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2752-3
• Pages: 200
• Poids: 635 g
• Thèmes: Post-Contemporary Interventions; Post-Contemporary Intervention; Post-Contemporary Interventions; Post-Contemporary Intervention
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences de la Terre > Géographie; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques; Anthropologie, Süd- und Zentralamerika (inklusive Mexiko), Lateinamerika, Regionalstudien