This study of Spanish American autobiography from its beginnings in
the post-colonial nineteenth century to the present day
concentrates mainly on cultural and historical issues. Spanish
American autobiographies are fascinating hybrids, often wielding
several discourses at once. They aspire to documentary status while
unabashedly exalting the self, and dwell on personal experience
while purporting to be exercises in historiography, the founding
texts of a national archive. Professor Molloy examines a wide range
of texts, from Sarmiento??'s Recuerdos de provincia to Victoria
Ocampo??'s Autobiografia. She analyses their textual strategies,
the generic affiliations they claim, their relationship to the
European canon and their dialogue with precursor texts, as well as
their problematic use of memory and the ideological implications of
their repressive tactics. This method enables her to identify
perceptions of self and tensions between self and other, thus
shedding light on the fluctuating place of the subject within a
community.
General
| Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Cambridge Studies in Latin American and Iberian Literature |
| Release date: |
February 1991 |
| First published: |
1991 |
| Authors: |
Sylvia Molloy
|
| Dimensions: |
237 x 158 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
288 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-521-33195-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Literature: history & criticism >
Literary studies >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-521-33195-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780521331951 |
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