Title Seeing Politics Otherwise : Vision in Latin American and Iberian Fiction

Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (209 pages) Series University of Toronto Romance University of Toronto Romance Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Shadows of Vision; 1 At the Blink of an Eye: Vision, Ethics, and Politics; 1.1 Vision and Blindness in Greco-Roman Mythology; 1.2 The Greek Philosophy of Light and Darkness: Parmenides and Plato; 1.3 Judaeo-Christian Representations of God: The Question of the Image and the Excess of Brightness; 1.4 Dark Spots in the Sun: Viewing the Enlightenment Project; 1.5 Twentieth-Century Fragments of Vision in Ruins; 2 Darkness and the Animal in Graciliano Ramos's Memórias do Cárcere (Memoirs of Prison); 2.1 Darkness in a State of Emergency 2.2 The Ghost of the Animal2.3 Autobiographical Twilight; 3 Twists of the Blindfold in Art, Fiction, and Film; 3.1 Blindfolds, Hoods, and the Exercise of Power in the Art of Ana Maria Pacheco; 3.2 Torture and Sociality in Ariel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden; 3.3 Filming the Blindfold: Garaje Olimpo (Garage Olimpo) and O que é isso Companheiro? (Four Days in September); 4 The Reason of Vision: Variations on Subjectivity in José Saramago's Ensaio sobre a Cegueira (Blindness); 4.1 The Reason of Blindness; 4.2 Becoming Blind, Becoming a Subject; 4.3 Collective Vision Conclusion Readings in the Dark: Shades of CriticismNotes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W Summary In Seeing Politics Otherwise, Patricia Vieira uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore the interrelation of politics and representations of vision and blindness in Latin American and Iberian literature, film, and art Notes Print version record Subject Ramos, Graciliano, 1892-1953 -- Criticism and interpretation Saramago, José -- Criticism and interpretation Ramos, Graciliano, 1892-1953 Saramago, José Latin American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism Portuguese fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism Blindness in literature. Latin American literature -- Political aspects Political violence in motion pictures. Blindness in motion pictures. Vision in literature. Vision in motion pictures. Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- Latin America Art -- Political aspects -- Latin America Portuguese literature -- Political aspects Political violence in literature. Art -- Political aspects Blindness in literature Blindness in motion pictures Latin American fiction Motion pictures -- Political aspects Political violence in literature Political violence in motion pictures Portuguese fiction Portuguese literature -- Political aspects Vision in literature Vision in motion pictures Latin America Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781442695283 1442695285

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