City fictions : language, body, and Spanish American urban space / Amanda Holmes.
"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 writ...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lewisburg :
Bucknell University Press,
[2007]
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| Series: | Bucknell studies in Latin American literature and theory.
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-208) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0838756735 9780838756737 |