The Dialectics of Our America: Genealogy, Cultural Critique, and Literary History

by José David Saldívar

Book Overview

Joining the current debates in American literary history, Jos David Sald var offers a challenging new perspective on what constitutes not only the canon in American literature, but also the notion of America itself. His aim is the articulation of a fresh, transgeographical conception of American culture, one more responsive to the geographical ties and political crosscurrents of the hemisphere than to narrow national ideologies.
Sald var pursues...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822311690
• ISBN13: 9780822311690
• Release Date: October 1991
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.6"