This is the first book to comprehensively examine Latin America’s literary response to the deadly HIV virus. Proposing a bio-political reading of AIDs in the neoliberal era, Lina Meruane examines how literary representations of AIDS enter into larger discussions of community, sexuality, nation, displacement and globalization.
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Beginning the Journey PART I: LOGBOOK OF AN HIV-POSITIVE VOYAGE PART II: VIRAL VOYAGERS 1. Itinerant Infirmity 2. The Comings and Goings of the Infectious Tourist 3. Back to the Nations of Death 4. Female Disappearance Syndrome 5. Happy Hour? or, The Cocktail EraO autorze
Author Lina Meruane: Lina Meruane teaches Latin American Cultures in the Liberal Studies Program at New York University, USA. Translated by Andrea Rosenberg: Andrea Rosenberg translates literary and academic texts from Spanish and Portuguese. Her translation of David Jiménez s Children of the Monsoon was recently published by Autumn Hill Books. She is currently working on a novel by Leopoldo Brizuela with the support of a Fulbright grant.
Język Angielski ● Format PDF ● Strony 244 ● ISBN 9781137394996 ● Rozmiar pliku 1.8 MB ● Tłumacz Kenneth A. Loparo ● Wydawca Palgrave Macmillan US ● Miasto New York ● Kraj US ● Opublikowany 2014 ● Do pobrania 24 miesięcy ● Waluta EUR ● ID 3253908 ● Ochrona przed kopiowaniem Społeczny DRM