Doom Patterns: Latinx Speculations and the Aesthetics of Violence - Paperback
by Maia Gil'ad?
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9781478031208ISBN-10:1478031204UPC:9781478031208Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Cultural & Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:AmericanSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.58 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SC09GCH42J
Doom Patterns: Latinx Speculations and the Aesthetics of Violence
In Doom Patterns, Maia Gil'Ad? takes up speculative fiction as a site for theorizing Latinx identity across national and ethnic borders and shows the vital role of historical trauma in its formation. Her analysis moves beyond reparative modes of reading to consider how literary representations of violence, destruction, and pain also elicit pleasurable affective and aesthetic experiences. Gil'Ad?...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9781478031208ISBN-10:1478031204UPC:9781478031208Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Cultural & Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:AmericanSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.58 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SC09GCH42J
Maia Gil'Ad? is Fannie Gaston-Johansson Assistant Professor of Latinx Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
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