Thresholds of Illiteracy

Auteur

Abraham Acosta is Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of
Arizona.

Texte du rabat

Through a series of literary and cultural analyses, this book examines current theories of resistance and their impact on contemporary Latin American cultural discourse, developing a cultural theory of "illiteracy."

Contenu

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. Thresholds of Illiteracy, or the Deadlock of Resistance in Latin America Chapter 2. Other Perus: Colono Insurrection and the Limits of Indigenista Narrative Chapter 3. Beyond Transcriptions: Testimonio, Illiteracy, and the Politics of the Literary Chapter 4. Silence, Subalternity, the EZLN, and the Egalitarian Contingency Chapter 5. Hinging on Exclusion and Exception: Bare Life at the US/Mexico Border Afterword. Illiteracy, Ethnic Studies, and the Lessons of SB1070 Notes Works Cited