Fuentes,Terra nostra, and the reconfiguration of Latin American culture

"Grounding his study on the work of Derrida and Bataille, Abeyta focuses on the theme of the gift in Carlos Fuentes's Terra Nostra. Analyzing how gift giving, excess, expenditure, sacrifice, and exchange shape the novel, he reveals its relevance to current discussions about the relationshi...

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Главный автор: Abeyta, Michael, 1964-
Соавтор: ebrary, Inc
Формат: Электронный ресурс eКнига
Язык:английский
Опубликовано: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.
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Оглавление:
  • The Old World meets the New : money, usury, and the decline of feudal absolutism
  • The gift of (the) story : gift giving as narrative time, act, and death
  • Ostentatious offerings : the neobaroque economies of "The New World"
  • Markings in the flesh : the sacred bond of writing
  • Conjectural legacies : history, memory, and the reinventions of identity