Title Seeing politics otherwise : vision in Latin American and Iberian fiction / Patrícia Vieira

Published Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 198 pages) : illustrations Series University of Toronto romance series University of Toronto romance series (Unnumbered) Contents Introduction: Shadows of vision -- 1. At the blink of an eye : vision, ethics, and politics -- 2. Darkness and the animal in Graciliano Ramos's Memórias do cárcere (Memoirs of prison) -- 3. Twists of the blindfold in art, fiction, and film -- 4. The reason of vision : variations on subjectivity in José Saramago's Ensaio sobre a cegueira (Blindness) Summary "When confronting twentieth-century political oppression and violence, writers and artists in Portugal and South America have often emphasized the complex relationship between freedom and tyranny. 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 Vieira's discussion focuses on three literary works: Graciliano Ramos's Memoirs of Prison, Ariel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden, and José Saramago's Blindness, with supplemental analyses of sculpture and film by Ana Maria Pacheco, Bruno Barreto, and Marco Bechis. These artists use metaphors of blindness to denounce the totalizing gaze of dictatorial regimes. Rather than equating blindness with deprivation, Vieira argues that shadows, blindfolds, and blindness are necessary elements for re-imagining the political world and re-acquiring a political voice. Seeing Politics Otherwise offers a compelling analysis of vision and its forcible deprivation in the context of art and political protest."--Pub. desc Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English 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 Latin American literature -- Political aspects Blindness in literature. Vision in literature. Portuguese literature -- Political aspects Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- Latin America Art -- Political aspects -- Latin America Political violence in literature. Blindness in motion pictures. Vision in motion pictures. Political violence in motion pictures. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Spanish & Portuguese. 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 LC no. 2011456971 ISBN 1442695285 9781442695283

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