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Seeing politics otherwise : vision in Latin American and Iberian fiction
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- Creator
- Patrícia Vieira
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2011]
- ©2011
- Physical Details
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- x, 198 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 1442695285, 1442642998, 9781442642997, 9781442695283
- OCLC
- ocn979911471, ocn693658105, ocn958514929, ocn785775139
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction: Shadows of vision -- 1. At the blink of an eye : vision, ethics, and politics -- 2. Darkness and the animal in Graciliano Ramos's Memórias do cárcere (Memoirs of prison) -- 3. Twists of the blindfold in art, fiction, and film -- 4. The reason of vision : variations on subjectivity in José Saramago's Ensaio sobre a cegueira (Blindness)
Subjects
- Latin American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
- Portuguese fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
- Latin American literature -- Political aspects.
- Portuguese literature -- Political aspects.
- Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- Latin America.
- Art -- Political aspects -- Latin America.
- Blindness in literature.
- Political violence in literature.
- Blindness in motion pictures.
- Political violence in motion pictures.