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OverviewBased on comparative readings of contemporary books from Latin America, Spain, and the United States, the essays of this book present a radical critique against strategies of literary appropriation that were once thought of as neutral, and even concomitant, components of the writing process. Debunking the position of the author as center of analysis, Cristina Rivera Garza argues for the communality-a term used by anthropologist Floriberto DÍaz to describe modes of life of indigenous peoples of Oaxaca based on notions of collaborative labor-permeating all writing processes. Disappropriating is a political operation at the core of projects acknowledging, both at ethical and aesthetic levels, that writers always work with materials that are not their own. Writers borrow from the practitioners of a language, entering in a debt relationship that can only be covered by ushering the text back to the communities in which it grew. In an increasingly violent world, where the experiences of many are erased by pillage and extraction, writing among and for the dead is a form of necrowriting that may as well become a life-affirming act of decolonization and resistance. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Cristina Rivera GarzaPublisher: Vanderbilt University Press Imprint: Vanderbilt University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.10cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.415kg ISBN: 9780826501226ISBN 10: 0826501222 Pages: 188 Publication Date: 30 October 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsGratulabundus Introduction: Writing and Necropolitics Undead Authors: The Autobiographical and David Markson (1927-2010) Communalist Writings Disappropriation Forward: Geological Writings, 'Shareng,' and a New Assembly of Reader-Practitioners Uses of the Archive: From The Historical Novel to Documentary Writing My Journey through Transkrit: Planetary, Sporadic, Exphonic Brief Missives from Pompeii: The Production of Present The Green Camera: Brief Vistas from Spanish-Speaking Writers at the PeriÓdico De PoesÍa Writing as a Practice of Communality against Violence Let's Be Stubborn: On Receiving the 2017 Excelencia En Las Letras JosÉ Emilio Pacheco AwardReviewsAuthor InformationAuthor, translator, and critic Cristina Rivera Garza is the author of six novels, three of which have been translated into English: No One Will See Me Cry, The Iliac Crest, and The Taiga Syndrome. She is the founder of the PhD program in creative writing in Spanish and distinguished professor at the University of Houston. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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