Killer Books: Writing, Violence, and Ethics in Modern Spanish American Narrative
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Writing and violence have been inextricably linked in Spanish America from the Conquest onward. Spanish authorities used written edicts, laws, permits, regulations, logbooks, and account books to control indigenous peoples whose cultures were predominantly oral, giving rise to a mingled awe and mistrust of the power of the written word that persists in Spanish American culture to the present day. In this masterful study, An bal Gonz lez...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:029271808X
ISBN13:9780292718081
Release Date:January 2002
Publisher:University of Texas Press
Length:188 Pages
Weight:0.64 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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