City Fictions : Language, Body, and Spanish American Urban Space.
Holmes, Amanda.
City Fictions : Language, Body, and Spanish American Urban Space. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (212 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 By Fire, Water, or Stone: The Destruction of Imagery in Octavio Paz's "Ciudad de Mexico" Series -- 2 Aesthetics, Politics, and the Urban in Julio Cortazar's Short Stories -- 3 Uncanny Dispersions in Cristina Peri Rossi's La nave de los locos -- 4 Scripting the City: Diamela Eltit's Lumperica and Vaca sagrada -- 5 The Spectacle as Metaphor: Urban Disorder in Carlos Monsivais's Los rituales del caos -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
9780838758656
Spanish American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Cities and towns in literature.
Electronic books.
PQ7082.N7 -- H65 2007eb
863/.609321732
City Fictions : Language, Body, and Spanish American Urban Space. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (212 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 By Fire, Water, or Stone: The Destruction of Imagery in Octavio Paz's "Ciudad de Mexico" Series -- 2 Aesthetics, Politics, and the Urban in Julio Cortazar's Short Stories -- 3 Uncanny Dispersions in Cristina Peri Rossi's La nave de los locos -- 4 Scripting the City: Diamela Eltit's Lumperica and Vaca sagrada -- 5 The Spectacle as Metaphor: Urban Disorder in Carlos Monsivais's Los rituales del caos -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
9780838758656
Spanish American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Cities and towns in literature.
Electronic books.
PQ7082.N7 -- H65 2007eb
863/.609321732