Description
Book SynopsisProvides an overview of the power of written discourse in the historical formation of Latin American societies, and highlights the central role of cities in deploying and reproducing that power. Starting with the colonial period, this title undertakes a historical analysis of the hegemonic influences of the written word.
Trade Review“
The Lettered City changed the ways in which historians, intellectuals and literary critics thought of the literary and cultural history of Latin America.”—Walter Mignolo, Duke University
“This book offers a keen analysis of the roles played by writing and intellectuals in the configurations of Latin American urban institutions. Indeed, more than a book,
The Lettered City could be better understood as an event, a self-reflective operation that radically questioned the conditions of thinking and writing in Latin America, a critical intensification of intellectual practices that both displaced and relocated the ubiquitous subject of Latinamericanism.”— Julio Ramos, University of California, Berkeley
