{"product_id":"the-real-thing-9780822318446","title":"The Real Thing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresented as the authentic testimony of the disenfranchised, the colonised, and the oppressed, 'testimonio' has emerged as one of the most significant genres of Latin America's post-boom literature. This book analyses the testimonio, its history, and its place in contemporary consciousness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Institutionalization of Transgression: Testimonial Discourse and Beyond (1995) \/ Georg M. Gugelberger 1\u003cbr\u003e Part I \u003cbr\u003e The Margin at the Center: On \u003ci\u003eTestimonio\u003c\/i\u003e (1989) \/ John Beverley 23\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTestimonio\u003c\/i\u003e and Postmodernism (1991) \/ George Yudice 42\u003cbr\u003e Reclaiming Voices: Notes on a New Female Practice in Journalism (1991) \/ Margaret Randall 58\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTestimonio\u003c\/i\u003e and Survival: Roque Dalton's \u003ci\u003eMiguel Marmol\u003c\/i\u003e (1991) \/ Barbara Harlow 70\u003cbr\u003e Spanish American Testimonial Novel: Some Afterthoughts (1994) \/ Elzbieta Sklodowska 84\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTestimonio\u003c\/i\u003e in Guatemala: Payeras, Rigoberta, and Beyond (1991) \/ Marc Zimmerman 101\u003cbr\u003e No Secrets (1995) \/ Doris Sommer 130\u003cbr\u003e Part II \u003cbr\u003e What's Wrong with Representation? \u003ci\u003eTestimonio\u003c\/i\u003e and Democratic Culture (1995) \/ Santiago Colas 161\u003cbr\u003e On Literary and Cultural Import-Substitution in the Third World: The Case of the Testimonio (1992\/93) \/ Fredric Jameson 172\u003cbr\u003e The Aura of Testimonio (1995) \/ Alberto Moreiras 192\u003cbr\u003e The Fantasies of Cultural Exchange in Latin American Subaltern Studies (1995) \/ Gareth Williams 225\u003cbr\u003e Beyond Testimonial Discourse: New Popular Trends in Bolivia (1995) \/ Javier Sanjines C 254\u003cbr\u003e The Real Thing (1995) \/ John Beverley 266\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 287\u003cbr\u003e Index 305\u003cbr\u003e Contributors 315\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406018486615,"sku":"9780822318446","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-real-thing-9780822318446","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}