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Literature, testimony and cinema in contemporary Colombian culture : spectres of La Violencia / Rory O'Bryen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Bryen, Rory.
- Series:
- Colección Támesis. Monografías ; Serie A, 269.
- Colección Támesis. Serie A, Monografías ; 269
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Violence in popular culture--Colombia.
- Violence in popular culture.
- Colombia.
- Physical Description:
- 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Woodbridge ; Rochester, NY : Tamesis, 2008.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Spectres of la Violencia: Writing with Ghosts 21
- 1 Towards a 'Hauntology' of la Violencia: Gustavo Alvarez Gardeazabal 25
- 2 Writing with Ghosts: Fernando Vallejo's Spectrology 44
- Part 2 Continuity and Rupture: Testimony and la Violencia 77
- 3 Testimonio and the Politics of Truth: Alfredo Molano 82
- 4 Post-modern Testimony: Laura Restrepo and la Violencia 100
- Part 3 Displacements of Violence: Cinema and la Violencia 135
- 5 Rural Perspectives: Postponed Burials and Uncanny Displacements 139
- 6 Urban Perspectives: Earthquakes and Landslides 157
- Conclusion: Mourning and Counter-Mourning 183.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-204) and index.
- Includes filmography: page [205].
- ISBN:
- 9781855661783
- 1855661780
- OCLC:
- 221175681
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