Carnal Inscriptions

Spanish American Narratives of Corporeal Difference and Disability
2009
ISBN: 978-0-230-61389-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 239 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 455 g

Reihe: New Directions in Latino American Cultures

This book explores manifestations of physical disability in Spanish American narrative fiction and performance, from José Martí's late nineteenth century crónicas, to Mario Bellatín's twenty-first century novels, from the performances of Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Coco Fusco to the testimonio and filmic depictions of Gabriela Brimmer.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Antebi, S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction Caliban and Coney Island. Corporeal Difference in the Crónicas of José Martí and José Juan Tablada La doble y única mujer: The Doubled Bodies of Pablo Palacio and Jorge Velasco Mackenzie Corporeal Difference as Ethnicity Performance and Revenge Photographic Fictions and Corporeal Geographies Gabriela Brimmer: Enabling testimonio

Über Autor(innen)

SUSAN ANTEBI is assistant professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of California, Riverside, USA.