Violence and naming : on Mexico and the promise of literature /

<P>Reclaiming the notion of literature as an institution essential for reflecting on the violence of culture, history, and politics, <i>Violence and Naming</i> exposes the tension between the irreducible, constitutive violence of language and the reducible, empirical violation of o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Johnson, David E., 1959- (Author)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Border Hispanisms.
Subjects:
Mexican literature > History and criticism.
Women > Crimes against > Mexico.
Women's rights > Mexico.
Violence > Mexico.
Violence in literature.
Literature and society > Mexico.
Littérature mexicaine > Histoire et critique.
Femmes > Crimes contre > Mexique.
Femmes > Droits > Mexique.
Violence > Mexique.
Violence dans la littérature.
Littérature et société > Mexique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American
Literature and society.
Mexican literature.
Violence.
Women > Crimes against.
Women's rights.
Mexico.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : accounting for the name
  • Dar(se) cuenta : the logic of the secret
  • Murder and symbol : feminicide's remains
  • As if ... literature before the world
  • Killing time : jet lag, or the anachronism of life
  • Suspending sur/render : accounting for the other
  • Postscript : fear of democracy.

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