Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Killer Books: Writing, Violence, And Ethics In Modern Spanish American NarrativeISBN13:9780292718081ISBN10:029271808XAuthor:Gonzalez, Anibal (Author), Gonz Xe1 Lez, An Xed Bal (Author)Description:Writing And Violence Have Been Inextricably Linked In Spanish America From The Conquest Onward Spanish Authorities Used Written Edicts, Laws, Permits, Regulations, Logbooks, And Account Books To Control Indigenous Peoples Whose Cultures Were Predominantly Oral, Giving Rise To A Mingled Awe And Mistrust Of The Power Of The Written Word That Persists In Spanish American Culture To The Present Day In This Masterful Study, Anibal Gonzalez Traces And Describes How Spanish American Writers Have Reflected Ethically In Their Works About Writing's Relation To Violence And About Their Own Relation To Writing Using An Approach That Owes Much To The Recent Turn To Ethics In Deconstruction And To The Works Of Jacques Derrida And Emmanuel Levinas, He Examines Selected Short Stories And Novels By Major Spanish American Authors From The Late Nineteenth Through The Twentieth Centuries: Manuel Gutierrez Najera, Manuel Zeno Gandia, Teresa De La Parra, Jorge Luis Borges, Alejo Carpentier, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, And Julio Cortazar He Shows How These Authors Frequently Display An Attitude He Calls Graphophobia, An Intense Awareness Of The Potential Dangers Of The Written Word Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:University of Texas PressPublication Date:2002-01-15Weight:0.64 lbsDimensions:0.44'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' WNumber of Pages:188Language:English
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Book Title: Killer Books: Writing, Violence, And Ethics In Modern Spanis...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Aníbal González
Publication Name: Killer Books : Writing, Violence, and Ethics in Modern Spanish American Narrative
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication Year: 2002
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20 Oz
Number of Pages: 188 Pages
