Trigo Malady and Genius

Self-Sacrifice in Puerto Rican Literature
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4384-6159-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series, Insinuations: Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Literature

Analyzes the theme of self-sacrifice in Puerto Rican literature through psychoanalytic theory.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Trigo, Benigno

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen Lateinamerikanische Literaturen, Spanische Literatur außerhalb Europas

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Introduction
Scenes of Self-Undoing: Malady and Genius of the Puerto Rican Soul

1. Psyche, History, Language, and Body in Antigona Pérez by Luis Rafael Sánchez

2. The Gift of Abjection: The Look of Love in René Marqués

3. Vicissitudes of Perversion: From “El puertorriqueño dócil” to El capitán de los dormidos

4. Zona. Carga y Descarga: Minor Literature in a Penal Colony

5. Colonial Sublimations of a Noir Eros in “El Josco” and Two Detective Novels

6. Shame, Repetition, and Forgiveness in Queer Latino Testimonio: Impossible Motherhood and Diario de una puta humilde

Conclusion
The Scene of Self-Sacrifice in Literary Discourse: Between Perversion and Sublimation

Notes
Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Benigno Trigo is Professor of Spanish at Vanderbilt University. He is the author and editor of several books, including Kristeva's Fiction, also published by SUNY Press.