Title Counterfeit politics : secret plots and conspiracy narratives in the Americas / David Kelman

Published Lanham, Md. : Bucknell University Press, c2012

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 193 p.) Series Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature and Theory Bucknell studies in Latin American literature and theory. Contents Introduction: Usurpations, or The end of politics -- Reading for the complot: A secret history of the word "plot" -- The complot effect (Piglia): The unsaid (Hemingway), Waiting for something or other (Reed) -- Politics in the age of the imaginative leap: The imaginative leap (Hofstadter and the HSCA report): Catachrestic tales, or What is a political event? (DeLillo), Kennedy assassinations, or What (un)makes a political event? (Volpi) -- Why hidden figures matter for politics: Pynchon's parasite (The crying of Lot 49), Menchú's political traps (I, Rigoberta Menchú) -- The discovery of politics: The Tlönian invasion, or Politics at risk (Borges), The ruins of politics (Pynchon's Gravity's rainbow) -- Epilogue: Counterfeit politics (Piglia's The absent city) Summary In Counterfeit Politics, David Kelman reassesses the political significance of conspiracy theory. Traditionally, political theory has sought to banish the "paranoid style" from the "proper" domain of politics. But if conspiracy theory lies outside the sphere of legitimate politics, why do these narratives continue to haunt political life? Counterfeit Politics accounts for the seemingly ineradicable nature of conspiracy theory by arguing that all political statements u Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Latin American literature -- History and criticism Politics and literature -- Latin America Conspiracy in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Spanish & Portuguese. Conspiracy in literature Latin American literature Politics and literature Latin America Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 2021680555 ISBN 9781611484151 1611484154 1306538750 9781306538756

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