The Dissenting Voice: The New Essay of Spanish America, 1960-1985

by Martin S. Stabb

Political, social, and aesthetic change marked Latin American society in the years between 1960 and 1985. In this book, Martin Stabb explores how these changes made their way into the essayistic writings of twenty-six Spanish American intellectuals. Stabb posits that dissent--against ideology, against simplistic notions of technological progress, against urban values, and even against the direct linear expository style of the essay itself--characterizes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292776845
• ISBN13: 9780292776845
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"