Shakespearean cultures : Latin America and the challenges of mimesis in non-hegemonic circumstances / Joao Cezar de Castro Rocha ; translated by Flora Thomson-DeVeaux.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rocha, João Cezar de Castro, author.

Contributor:

Thomson-DeVeaux, Flora, translator.

Series:

Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture

Standardized Title:

Culturas shakespearianas. English

Language:

English

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Girard, René, 1923-2015--Aesthetics.

Girard, René.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Girard, René, 1923-2015.

Criticism and interpretation.

Imitation in literature.

Aesthetics.

Latin America--Civilization--European influences.

Latin America.

Civilization.

Civilization--European influences.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 346 pages ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Mimetic theory and the challenges of mimesis in non-hegemonic circumstances

Place of Publication:

East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Shakespearean Cultures proposes a new theoretical framework that, based upon the concepts of "poetics of emulation" and "deauratized art," offers a groundbreaking approach to the understanding of the asymmetries of the world-system, triggered by the emergence of the modern world" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preliminary note : An ongoing project

Introduction: A two-way street

Mimetic theory: basic concepts

Latin American cultural history and mimetic theory

Being ab alio

Poetics of emulation

Violence and mimetic theory

Barefaced?

Conclusion: The other one held out his hand.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Translated from the Portuguese.

ISBN:

9781611863130

1611863139

OCLC:

1041209801