Violence and Naming: On Mexico and the Promise of Literature

by David E Johnson and David E. Johnson

Reclaiming the notion of literature as an institution essential for reflecting on the violence of culture, history, and politics, Violence and Naming exposes the tension between the irreducible, constitutive violence of language and the reducible, empirical violation of others. Focusing on an array of literary artifacts, from works by journalists such as Elena Poniatowska and Sergio Gonz?lez Rodr?guez to the Zapatista communiqu?s...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477317961
• ISBN13: 9781477317969
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"