Trash and limits in Latin American culture / Micah McKay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKay, Micah, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin American literature--History and criticism.

Latin American literature.

Refuse and refuse disposal in literature.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Literary criticism

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 183 pages)

Other Title:

Path to Open

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2024]

Summary:

"This book looks at the role of waste in Latin American cultural texts from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Micah McKay considers how writers and filmmakers engage with the theme and argues that garbage illuminates key limits related to the region's experience with contemporary capitalism"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Excess and lack: trash and the limits of the human

In and out of the dump: on the limits of community

Trash works: on the limits of waste management

Cleaning up: on the limits of neoliberal environmentalism.

Notes:

Title from online title page (viewed on July 11, 2024).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: McKay, Micah. Trash and limits in Latin American culture

ISBN:

9781683404378

1683404378

9781683404163

1683404165

OCLC:

1401909476

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.