Fuentes,Terra nostra, and the reconfiguration of Latin American culture / Michael Abeyta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abeyta, Michael, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fuentes, Carlos. Terra nostra.

Fuentes, Carlos.

Gifts in literature.

Physical Description:

xi, 184 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2006]

Summary:

"Grounding his study on the work of Derrida and Bataille, Abeyta focuses on the theme of the gift in Carlos Fuentes's Terra Nostra. Analyzing how gift giving, excess, expenditure, sacrifice, and exchange shape the novel, he reveals its relevance to current discussions about the relationship between art and the gift"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Old World meets the New : money, usury, and the decline of feudal absolutism

The gift of (the) story : gift giving as narrative time, act, and death

Ostentatious offerings : the neobaroque economies of "The New World"

Markings in the flesh : the sacred bond of writing

Conjectural legacies : history, memory, and the reinventions of identity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-173) and index.

ISBN:

0826216412

OCLC:

62697144

Publisher Number:

9780826216410