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Cannibal Modernities: Postcoloniality and the Avant-garde in Caribbean and Brazilian Literature (New World Studies)
Luís Madureira
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Description for Cannibal Modernities: Postcoloniality and the Avant-garde in Caribbean and Brazilian Literature (New World Studies)
Paperback. With inclusion of Brazil in a comparative study of literary texts and their engagement with Western modernity, this study shows how the "peripheral" replications of modernity in contemporary Caribbean and Latin American texts differ crucially from their European models, and addresses issues that many post colonial theorists have struggled with. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KLSB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 413.
Unique in its inclusion of Brazil in a comparative study of literary texts and their engagement with Western modernity, ""Cannibal Modernities"" is the first post colonial study to show how the ""peripheral"" replications of modernity in contemporary Caribbean and Latin American texts differ crucially from their European models. Luis Madureira addresses issues that so many post colonial theorists have struggled with, particularly the complex interactions and antagonisms between indigenous cultures and the imperial cultures imposed upon them and the effort to ""provincialize the West."" Madureira's book diverges from existing critical texts, however, in crucial, thought-provoking ways. The specific literary traditions ... Read more
Unique in its inclusion of Brazil in a comparative study of literary texts and their engagement with Western modernity, ""Cannibal Modernities"" is the first post colonial study to show how the ""peripheral"" replications of modernity in contemporary Caribbean and Latin American texts differ crucially from their European models. Luis Madureira addresses issues that so many post colonial theorists have struggled with, particularly the complex interactions and antagonisms between indigenous cultures and the imperial cultures imposed upon them and the effort to ""provincialize the West."" Madureira's book diverges from existing critical texts, however, in crucial, thought-provoking ways. The specific literary traditions ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Series
New World Studies
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813923765
SKU
V9780813923765
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About Luís Madureira
Luis Madureira is Associate Professor in Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His work has appeared in Luso-Brazilian Review and the New Centennial Review, among other publications.
Reviews for Cannibal Modernities: Postcoloniality and the Avant-garde in Caribbean and Brazilian Literature (New World Studies)
Cannibal Modernities offers for the first time a comparative exploration of Brazilian, French, and Spanish Caribbean literatures of modernism. Madureira's staggering erudition, linguistic talents, and subtle and provocative readings of many of the region's most important authors in the twentieth century provide rich dividends for the student of modernity in the Americas. - George Handley, Brigham Young University, author of ... Read more