Counterfeit Politics: Secret Plots and Conspiracy Narratives in the Americas (Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory) (Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature and Theory) - Hardcover

Kelman, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1611484146 ISBN 13: 9781611484144

Publisher: Bucknell University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Rare Book

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Review:

Owing equal parts to deconstruction and to political theory, and situated halfway between US Americanism and Latin Americanism, Counterfeit Politics is a rare book . . . Such a variety of registers will constitute an asset [to readers]. This review is of the opinion that the work is a valuable contribution to hemispheric literary studies. . . .The many merits of the book include, of course, its valiant position at the crossroads of different sub-fields. Kelman takes a stand against the academic market sanctioned practice of disciplinary over-specialization, which often leads to the balkanization of literary archives that belong together. Piglia reading Hemingway, Borges reading English-language detective fiction, or conversely, Borges influencing US postmodernism are all examples of the viability and importance of comparative work. Moreover, Kelman does high theory at a time when many critics have abandoned the ship. For these reasons alone, he is to be commended.--Revista de Estudios Hispánicos

About the Author:

David Kelman is assistant professor of English and Comparative Literature at California State University, Fullerton. He has published articles in New Vico Studies, CR: The New Centennial Review, Comparative Literature, Pynchon Notes, and Discourse: Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bucknell University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1611484146
• ISBN 13: 9781611484144
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 202