Immaterial Transcendences Colonial Subjectivity As Process in Brazil's Letter of Discovery (1500) |
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| Author:
| Janiga-Perkins, Constance G. |
| Series title: | Wor(l)ds of Change: Latin American and Iberian Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8204-5120-6 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2001 |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang AG International Academic Publishers
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $81.60 |
Book Description:
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Brazil's
Letter of discovery,
Carta a El Rei D. Manuel (1500) by Pero Vaz de Caminha, continues to merit critical analysis. This book considers the Carta as a journey beyond the boundaries of conventional consciousness into a jungle or outback.
Immaterial Transcendences details how the writing in the
Carta carries on the process of colonial subjectivity by examining the function of stutters in the discourse. Lifting the masks of whiteness and Amerindianness...
More DescriptionBrazil's Letter of discovery, Carta a El Rei D. Manuel (1500) by Pero Vaz de Caminha, continues to merit critical analysis. This book considers the Carta as a journey beyond the boundaries of conventional consciousness into a jungle or outback. Immaterial Transcendences details how the writing in the Carta carries on the process of colonial subjectivity by examining the function of stutters in the discourse. Lifting the masks of whiteness and Amerindianness (Otherness) in the text, it traces the agony of presence and active resistance of the Other as process (Othering), giving critical consideration of the Carta a completely new focus.