Can literature promote justice? : trauma narrative and social action in Latin American testimonio / Kimberly A. Nance.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nance, Kimberly A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin American prose literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Latin American prose literature.

Literature and society--Latin America.

Literature and society.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

ix, 212 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2006.

Contents:

A genre without a strategy? : Latin American testimonio as a rhetorical project

A genre without an addressee? : readers, rhetoric, and resistance

A genre without a chance? : predicting the social effectiveness of testimonial narratives

The capacities and constraints of testimonio's speakers and experiencing writers

The capacities and constraints of collaborating writers, translators, editors, and publishers

The capacities and constraints of critics : celebration and mourning

Conclusion : from poetics to prosaics

Appendix : A brief history of Latin American testimonial narrative.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-206) and index.

ISBN:

0826515231

082651524X

OCLC:

61278477

Publisher Number:

9780826515247