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03921aam a2200553 i 4500 001 1864172079F111E483621AAFDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20141202010131 008 131122s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013036326 020 $a 082325710X (paper) 020 $a 9780823257102 (paper) 020 $a 0823257096 (hardback) 020 $a 9780823257096 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)864299282 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d SZR $d YDXCP $d CDX $d IUL $d YUS $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a cl----- 050 00 $a PQ7081.A1 $b A25 2014 082 00 $a 860.9/98 $2 23 084 $a SOC002010 $a SOC002010 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Acosta, Abraham. 245 10 $a Thresholds of Illiteracy : $b theory, Latin America, and the crisis of resistance / $c Abraham Acosta. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Fordham University Press, $c 2014. 300 $a xiv, 275 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Just ideas, transformative ideals of justice in ethical and political thought 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-268) and index. 520 $a "Thresholds of Illiteracy reevaluates Latin American theories and narratives of cultural resistance by advancing the concept of "illiteracy" as a new critical approach to understanding scenes or moments of social antagonism. "Illiteracy," Acosta claims, can offer us a way of talking about what cannot be subsumed within prevailing modes of reading, such as the opposition between writing and orality, that have frequently been deployed to distinguish between modern and archaic peoples and societies. This book is organized as a series of literary and cultural analyses of internationally recognized postcolonial narratives. It tackles a series of the most important political/aesthetic issues in Latin America that have arisen over the past thirty years or so, including indigenism, testimonio, the Zapatista movement in Chiapas, and migration to the United States via the U.S.-Mexican border. Through a critical examination of the "illiterate" effects and contradictions at work in these resistant narratives, the book goes beyond current theories of culture and politics to reveal radically unpredictable forms of antagonism that advance the possibility for an ever more democratic model of cultural analysis"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a Thresholds of Illiteracy, or the Deadlock of Resistance in Latin America -- Other Perus: Colono Insurrection and the Limits of Indigenista Narrative -- Secrets Even to Herself: Testimonio, Illiteracy, and the Grammar of Restitution -- Silence, Subalternity, the EZLN, and the Egalitarian Contingency -- Hinging on Exclusion and Exception: Bare Life at the US/Mexico Border -- Afterword. Illiteracy, Ethnic Studies, and the Lessons of SB1070. 650 0 $a Latin American literature $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Literacy $x Social aspects $z Latin America. 650 0 $a Politics and literature $z Latin America $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Literature and society $z Latin America. 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / American / Hispanic American. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Latin American literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00993031 650 7 $a Literacy $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00999885 650 7 $a Literature and society. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01000096 650 7 $a Politics and literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069960 651 7 $a Latin America. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01245945 648 7 $a 1900 - 1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a Just ideas. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180105061943.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826093735.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1864172079F111E483621AAFDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search