Capital Fictions: The Literature of Latin America`s Export Age, Ericka Beckman
Автор: Ericka Beckman Название: Capital Fictions: The Literature of Latin America`s Export Age ISBN: 0816679207 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780816679201 Издательство: Marston Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 29030.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
Between 1870 and 1930, Latin American countries were incorporated into global capitalist networks like never before, mainly as exporters of raw materials and importers of manufactured goods. During this Export Age, entire regions were given over to the cultivation of export commodities such as coffee and bananas, capital and labor were relocated to new production centers, and barriers to foreign investment were removed. Capital Fictions investigates the key role played by literature in imagining and interpreting the rapid transformations unleashed by Latin America's first major wave of capitalist modernization.
Using an innovative blend of literary and economic analysis and drawing from a rich interdisciplinary archive, Ericka Beckman provides the first extended evaluation of Export Age literary production. She traces the emergence of a distinct set of fictions, fantasies, and illusions that accompanied the rise of export-led, dependent capitalism. These "capital fictions" range from promotional pamphlets for Guatemalan coffee and advertisements for French fashions, to novels about stock market collapse in Argentina and rubber extraction in the Amazon.
Beckman explores how Export Age literature anticipated some of the key contradictions faced by contemporary capitalist societies, including extreme financial volatility, vast social inequality, and ever-more-intense means of exploitation. Questioning the opposition between culture and economics in Latin America and elsewhere, Capital Fictions shows that literature operated as a powerful form of political economy during this period.
Автор: Dailey Ericka M. Название: The Management of Energy Savings Performance Contracts ISBN: 1286861667 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781286861660 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 71050.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Fisher Ericka J. Название: Educating the Urban Race: The Evolution of an American High School ISBN: 1498501842 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781498501842 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 40590.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This complex case study of an urban American high school offers an in-depth look at race, socioeconomic status, and interpersonal relationships. Unique in its use of historical, quantitative, and qualitative data, as well as theory, it will serve as an excellent source linking theory and practice in both education and sociology courses.
Автор: Hoagland Ericka Название: Science Fiction, Imperialism and the Third World ISBN: 0786447893 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780786447893 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 31630.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Though science fiction is often thought of as a Western phenomenon, the genre has long had a foothold in countries as diverse as India and Mexico. These fourteen critical essays examine both the role of science fiction in the third world and the role of the third world in science fiction. Topics covered include science fiction in Bengal, the genre's portrayal of Native Americans, Mexican cyberpunk fiction, and the undercurrents of colonialism and Empire in traditional science fiction. The intersections of science fiction theory and postcolonial theory are explored, as well as science fiction's contesting of imperialism and how the third world uses the genre to recreate itself. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
