Cannibal Modernities

Cannibal Modernities
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Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 081392376X
ISBN-13 : 9780813923765
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Book Synopsis Cannibal Modernities by : Luís Madureira

Download or read book Cannibal Modernities written by Luís Madureira and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With inclusion of Brazil in a comparative study of literary texts and their engagement with Western modernity, this study shows how the ""peripheral"" replications of modernity in contemporary Caribbean and Latin American texts differ crucially from their European models, and addresses issues that many post colonial theorists have struggled with.


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