Things with a history : transcultural materialism and the literatures of extraction in contemporary Latin America /

"The 'New Materialism,' as developed by such thinkers and critics as Bruno Latour, Jane Bennett, Elizabeth Grosz, and others, have provided new ways of thinking about the relationship of humans to the material world, the division of nature and culture, and nonhuman agency. Despite the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hoyos Ayala, Héctor (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Latin American fiction > History and criticism.
Materialism in literature.
Roman latino-américain > Histoire et critique.
Matérialisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American
Latin American fiction.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : a tale of two materialisms
  • Raw stuff disavowed
  • Of rocks and particles
  • Corpse narratives as literary history
  • Politics and praxis of hyperfetishism
  • Digitalia from the margins
  • Conclusions : extractivism estranged.

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