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100 1 $aHolmes, Amanda,$d1972-
245 10 $aCity fictions :$blanguage, body, and Spanish American urban space /$cAmanda Holmes.
260 $aLewisburg :$bBucknell University Press,$cc2007.
300 $a212 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
440 4 $aThe Bucknell studies in Latin American literature and theory
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 197-208) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 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.
520 1 $a"Using concepts from urban and cultural studies, City Fictions examines the representation of the city in the works of five important late-twentieth century Spanish American writers: Octavio Paz, Julio Cortazar, Christina Peri Rossi, Diamela Eltit, and Carlos Monsivais. While each of these writers is influenced at least partially by a specific Spanish American city - be it Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, or Santiago - they share ways in which they fictionalize the city. They all equate language and body with urban space. In these metaphors, language breaks down and the body disintegrates, creating a disturbing picture of violent decline. Amanda Holmes demonstrates how representation of the city through metaphors of linguistic and corporeal rupture as well as of new vital human possibilities, reflects a response to both political violence and untenable economic policies in Latin America during the last three decades of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aSpanish American fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aCities and towns in literature.
655 7 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc.$2fast
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776 08 $iOnline version:$aHolmes, Amanda, 1972-$tCity fictions.$dLewisburg : Bucknell University Press, c2007$w(OCoLC)608420505
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