Literature and Resistance in Guatemala: Textual Modes and Cultural Politics from El Señor Presidente to Rigoberta Menchú

by Marc Zimmerman

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What circumstances lead writers in a poor, multi-ethnic and largely illiterate country to produce a literature that both expresses and affects opposition to the regime? Who are these writers? This study examines these and other questions about the literature of resistance in Guatemala, from the days of Estrada Cabrera up to the events of May and June of 1993. Zimmerman provides the cultural context for the various modes of literary production and...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0896801837

ISBN13:9780896801837

Release Date:October 1995

Publisher:Ohio University Press

Length:824 Pages

Weight:2.26 lbs.

Dimensions:2.1" x 4.7" x 9.7"

Related Subjects

Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Political Science Politics & Social Sciences

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