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Sub-versions of the Archive
Carlos Riobo
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Description for Sub-versions of the Archive
Hardback. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
Sub-Versions of the Archive: Manuel Puig's and Severo Sarduy's Alternative Identities analyzes recent theories of the archive to examine how Manuel Puig and Severo Sarduy reformulate the Latin American literary tradition. This study focuses on eclectic theories of the archive as both repository and danger, drawing from an array of sources both within and outside the Hispanic literary tradition: from Borges, Foucault, Arrom, Derrida, González Echevarría, and Guillory to digital media and biotechnology. This book also applies theories of cultural contamination (Maria Lugones) and symbolic capital (Pierre Bourdieu) to the novels of Puig and Sarduy to explore the representation of ... Read more
Sub-Versions of the Archive: Manuel Puig's and Severo Sarduy's Alternative Identities analyzes recent theories of the archive to examine how Manuel Puig and Severo Sarduy reformulate the Latin American literary tradition. This study focuses on eclectic theories of the archive as both repository and danger, drawing from an array of sources both within and outside the Hispanic literary tradition: from Borges, Foucault, Arrom, Derrida, González Echevarría, and Guillory to digital media and biotechnology. This book also applies theories of cultural contamination (Maria Lugones) and symbolic capital (Pierre Bourdieu) to the novels of Puig and Sarduy to explore the representation of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611480368
SKU
V9781611480368
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99-15
About Carlos Riobo
Carlos Riobó is assistant professor of Latin American Literature and Cultures at the City College of New York/City University of New York and Cuba Project Fellow of the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies at CUNY's Graduate Center.
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