David E. Johnson

Gebundenes Buch

Violence and Naming: On Mexico and the Promise of Literature

Beschreibung

A compelling reassertion of the importance of "literature" (that which names) as a determiner for how we engage in and with the world, paying particular attention to violence against women and Amerindians in Mexico's recent and formative history.

Autor

David E. Johnson is a professor of comparative literature at the University at Buffalo (SUNY) and adjunct professor in the Instituto de Filosofía at the Universidad Diego Portales in Santiago, Chile. His previous books include Anthropology’s Wake: Attending to the End of Culture (with Scott Michaelsen), Kant’s Dog: On Borges, Philosophy, and the Time of Translation , and El mundo en llamas. Since 2000, he has been the coeditor of CR: The New Centennial Review.

Produktdetails

• Border Hispanisms
• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781477317969
• ISBN-10: 1477317961
• Artikelnr.: 54153366