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Author Dabove, Juan Pablo, author.

Title Bandit narratives in Latin America : from Villa to Chávez / Juan Pablo Dabove
Published Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 397 pages)
Series Illuminations : cultural formations of the Americas
Illuminations (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Contents Acknowledgments; Preamble: Porfirio Díaz's Paradox; Introduction; Part I. Banditry, Self-Fashioning, and the Quest for Legitimacy; 1. Speculum Latronis: On Villa's Retrato autobiográfico; 2. Hugo Chávez, Maisanta, and the Construction of an Insurgent Lineage; Part II. Banditry and the Epic of the Nation; 3. The Burning Plains: On Las lanzas coloradas; 4. "Bodies for the Gallows": On ¡Vámonos con Pancho Villa!; 5. The Andean Western: On Cuentos andinos; 6. Borges and the Melancholic Cultor del Coraje; Part III. Banditry and the Latin American Left
7. Dangerous Illusions and Shining Utopias: On Seara Vermelha8. The Heart of Darkness: On José Revueltas; Part IV. Banditry and the Dilemmas of Literature; 9. Borges and Moreira: Inglorious Bastards; 10. Language, the Devil, and the (Out)law: On Grande Sertão: Veredas; 11. An Abundance of Hats and a Scarcity of Heads: On La guerra del fin del mundo; 12. Banditry, Neoliberalism, and the Dilemmas of Literature: On Plata quemada; 13. What Is a Bandit?; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 14, 2017)
Subject Outlaws -- Latin America -- History
Outlaws in popular culture -- Latin America
Outlaws in popular culture.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Spanish & Portuguese.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Caribbean & Latin American.
Outlaws
Outlaws in popular culture
Latin America
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016364055
ISBN 9780822982326
0822982323