José Carlos Mariátegui's unfinished revolution : politics, poetics, and change in 1920s Peru / Melisa Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Melisa, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peruvian literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Peruvian literature.

Peru--Politics and government--1919-1968.

Peru.

Peru--Intellectual life--20th century.

Mariátegui, José Carlos, 1894-1930--Influence.

Mariátegui, José Carlos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland ; Plymouth, England : Bucknell University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This monograph on José Carlos Mariátegui, the seminal Latin American Marxist theorist, provides original readings of key writings through the lens of his understudied poetics, illuminating their full political meaning and impact. It offers insightful critiques of overlooked intellectuals, especially female, whom he championed. These readings are fully contextualized through comprehensive study of complex sociopolitical conditions and backgrounds, providing new thinking on Mariátegui, his contemporaries and Peruvian modernity that will benefit academ

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Landscapes of Contradiction; 2 Brave New World; 3 Tradition on Trial; 4 Fugitive Signs; 5 A New Conception; 6 A Female Vanguard in Peru; Conclusion; Works Cited; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61148-975-X

1-61148-463-4

OCLC:

867049814