City fictions : language, body, and Spanish American urban space /

"Using concepts from urban and cultural studies, City Fictions examines the representation of the city in the works of five important late-twentieth century Spanish American writers: Octavio Paz, Julio Cortazar, Christina Peri Rossi, Diamela Eltit, and Carlos Monsivais. While each of these writ...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Holmes, Amanda, 1972-
Corporate Author: Bucknell University Press
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lewisburg : Bucknell University Press, ©2007.
Series:Bucknell studies in Latin American literature and theory.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Spanish American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Cities and towns in literature.
Roman hispano-américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Cities and towns in literature
Spanish American fiction
Steden.
Bellettrie.
Spaans.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • By fire, water, or stone : the destruction of imagery in Octavio Paz's "Ciudad de México" series
  • Aesthetics, politics, and the urban in Julio Cortázar's short stories
  • Uncanny dispersions in Cristina Peri Rossi's La nave de los locos
  • Scripting the city : Diamela Eltit's Lumpérica and Vaca sagrada
  • The spectacle as metaphor : urban disorder in Carlos Monsiváis's Los rituales del caos
  • Conclusion.

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