Corporeality in Early Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature

Body Articulations

  • Authors
  • Bruce Dean Willis
Book

Part of the New Directions in Latino American Cultures book series (NDLAC)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction
    Bruce Dean Willis
    Pages 1-15
  3. Body, Language, and the Limits of Ontology
    Bruce Dean Willis
    Pages 17-79
  4. Language Immersion: Return to the Original Tongue
    Bruce Dean Willis
    Pages 81-127
  5. The Body Politic: Immediate Breakdown, Renewal Deferred
    Bruce Dean Willis
    Pages 129-164
  6. Conclusion
    Bruce Dean Willis
    Pages 165-181
  7. Back Matter
    Pages 183-234
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About this book

Introduction

Featuring canonical Spanish American and Brazilian texts of the 1920s and 30s, Corporeality in Early Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature is an innovative analysis of the body as site of inscription for avant-garde objectives such as originality, subjectivity, and subversion.

Keywords

America Amerikanische Literatur media

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