Author : Marc Zimmerman
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)
Book Synopsis Literature and Resistance in Guatemala: Theory, history, fiction, and poetry by : Marc Zimmerman
Download or read book Literature and Resistance in Guatemala: Theory, history, fiction, and poetry written by Marc Zimmerman and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What circumstances lead writers in a poor, multi-ethnic and largely illiterate country to produce a literature that both expresses and affects opposition to the regime? Who are these writers? This study examines these and other questions about the literature of resistance in Guatemala, from the days of Estrada Cabrera up to the events of May and June of 1993. Zimmerman provides the cultural context for the various modes of literary production and analysis, and identifies the currents of opposition in the nation's fiction, poetry, and testimonial writing. He details the cultural politics involving Guatemalan writers and their organizations during their years of Cerezo and Serrano-Elías, paying particular attention to the role of women and indigenous groups, Rigoberta Menchú among them. These two volumes are companion texts to Guatemala: Voices from the Silence, an "epic-collage" of writings compiled by Zimmerman and Raúl Rojas.