The Restless Dead: Necrowriting and Disappropriation

by Cristina Rivera Garza

Book Overview

Based on comparative readings of contemporary books from Latin America, Spain, and the United States, the essays in this book present a radical critique against strategies of literary appropriation that were once thought of as neutral, and even concomitant, components of the writing process. Debunking the position of the author as the center of analysis, Cristina Rivera Garza argues for the communality--a term used by anthropologist Floriberto D az...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826501214
• ISBN13: 9780826501219
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"