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Against Literature
John R. Beverley
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Description for Against Literature
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLC; 1KLS; DSA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
Is there a way of thinking about literature that is “outside” or “against” literature? In Against Literature, John Beverly brilliantly responds to this question, arguing for a negation of the literary that would allow nonliterary forms of cultural practice to displace literature’s hegemony.
Reminding us that most contemporary theorist speak today of literature with historically and socially specific conditions of production and reading formations, Beverley begins with a provocative exploration of Latin American literature, which he says the legacy of Columbus (discovery, conquest, and colonization) has endowed with an ambiguous cultural function, making it both a colonial institution and a historical ... Read moreProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816622498
SKU
V9780816622498
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About John R. Beverley
John Beverley is professor of Hispanic languages and literatures and cultural studies at the University of Pittsburgh, and has published extensively on the problems of narrative, history, ideology, subalternity, politics, imperialism, and revolution.
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