Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-282) and index.
Contents
Literature, subjection, and the historical Project of Latin American literature -- Foundling selves, foundational others: Juan Jose Saer's The witness -- Coloniality and the empire of the letter -- Literature as presentation of the subject -- Guzman, Campobello, Munoz : literary strategies in the face of revolution -- The cross of literature in Paraguay : the critical legacy of Augusto Roa Bastos -- The end of recognition : Arguedas and the limits of cultural subjection.
