Violence without Guilt

Ethical Narratives from the Global South
2009
ISBN: 978-0-230-60818-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 399 g

Reihe: New Directions in Latino American Cultures

This is an illuminating discussion of guilt, fear, violence and aesthetics from a global perspective. Herlinghaus evaluates new Latin American novels, films and music through the lens of some of Walter Benjamin's controversial writings on violence and religion.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Herlinghaus, H.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: A MODERN WAR ON AFFECT From Walter Benjamin's Early Writings to the Perils of Global Modernity PART II: THE NARCOCORRIDO: A PHENOMENOLIGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL LOOK INTO TRANSNATIONAL STORYTELLING When Narcocorridos were born Parataxes unbound Where Affection meets Figuration: Corrido Language and the Intermedial Presence of Death PART III: COLOMBIAN MARGINALITIES AND THE CULTURE OF EXCEPTION Young, Alien and Totally Violence: Marginal 'Kings of the World' Autobiography as Eschatological Project: An Intellectual Struggle Regarding Freedom and Guilt PART IV: AFFECTIVE POLITICS AND THE IMAGE Beyong Bare Life: Affection Images of Violence in Latin American Film

Über Autor(innen)

HERMANN HERLINGHAUS is Professor of Latin American Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.