The dialectics of our America : genealogy, cultural critique, and literary history /
Joining the current debates in American literary history, José David Saldívar offers a challenging new perspective on what constitutes not only the canon in American literature, but also the notion of America itself. His aim is the articulation of a fresh, transgeographical conception of American...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
1991.
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Colección: | Post-contemporary interventions.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Joining the current debates in American literary history, José David Saldívar offers a challenging new perspective on what constitutes not only the canon in American literature, but also the notion of America itself. His aim is the articulation of a fresh, transgeographical conception of American culture, one more responsive to the geographical ties and political crosscurrents of the hemisphere than to narrow national ideologies. Saldívar pursues this goal through an array of oppositional critical and creative practices. He analyzes a range of North American writers of color (Rolando Hinojo. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 213 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-195) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780822381709 0822381702 1282904191 9781282904194 9786612904196 6612904194 |