| Description |
1 online resource (292 pages). |
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polychrome |
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Just ideas
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Just ideas.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Acosta reevaluates Latin American theories and narratives of cultural resistance by advancing the concept of 'illiteracy' as a new critical approach to understanding scenes or moments of social antagonism. 'Illiteracy', he claims, can offer us a way of talking about what cannot be subsumed within prevailing modes of reading, such as the opposition between writing and orality, that have frequently been deployed to distinguish between modern and archaic peoples and societies. The book is organized as a series of literary and cultural analyses of internationally recognized postcolonial narratives. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Thresholds of Illiteracy, or the Deadlock of Resistance in Latin America; 2. Other Perus: Colono Insurrection and the Limits of Indigenista Narrative; 3. Secrets Even to Herself: Testimonio, Illiteracy, and the Grammar of Restitution; 4. Silence, Subalternity, the EZLN, and the Egalitarian Contingency; 5. Hinging on Exclusion and Exception: Bare Life at the U.S.-Mexico Border; Afterword: Illiteracy, Ethnic Studies, and the Lessons of SB1070; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Latin American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Latin American literature. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Literacy -- Social aspects -- Latin America.
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Literacy -- Social aspects. |
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Latin America. |
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Politics and literature -- Latin America -- History -- 20th century.
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Literature and society -- Latin America.
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Literature and society. |
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Politics and literature. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Spanish & Portuguese. |
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History. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Indexed Term |
) Subalternity (Subaltern Studies). |
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Biopolitics. |
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Illiteracy. |
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Indigenismo. |
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Literacy. |
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Postcolonialism (Postcolonial Studies). |
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Testimonio. |
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US/Mexico Border. |
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Writing. |
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Zapatismo. |
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orality. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Acosta, Abraham. Thresholds of Illiteracy : theory, Latin America, and the crisis of resistance. New York : Fordham University Press, ©2014 xiv, 272 pages Just ideas. 9780823257096 |
| ISBN |
9780823257133 (electronic book) |
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0823257134 (electronic book) |
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9780823257119 (electronic book) |
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0823257118 (electronic book) |
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9780823261529 (ebook) |
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0823261522 (ebook) |
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9780823257096 |
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0823257096 |
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9780823257102 |
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082325710X |
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