Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-352) and index.
Contents
Rhetoric of particularism -- Traps of translation. Freely and equally yours, Walt Whitman ; Mosaic and mestizo : bilingual love from Hebreo to Garcilaso ; Cortez in the courts -- Taking a life. No secrets for Rigoberta ; Hot pursuit and cold rewards of Mexicanness ; Beloved knows Holocausts beyond telling -- White writing on dark subjects. Who can tell? Villaverdes' blanks ; Grammar trouble for Cortazar ; About face : the talker turns toward Peru -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.