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

Author/creator Holmes, Amanda, 1972-
Format Book
Publication InfoLewisburg : Bucknell University Press, ©2007.
Description212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

SeriesThe Bucknell studies in Latin American literature and theory
Bucknell studies in Latin American literature and theory. ^A476343
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 197-208) and index.
LCCN 2006025901
ISBN0838756735 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780838756737 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PQ7082.N7 H65 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold