Format:
VI, 394 S
,
25 cm
ISBN:
0822942283
Series Statement:
Illuminations: Studies in cultural formations of the Americas
Uniform Title:
El cuerpo del delito 〈engl.〉
Note:
Translated from the Spanish. - Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Crime as a critical instrument -- The "stories" of the corpus delicti -- From transgression to crime. The subjects of the liberal state : stories of education and marriage -- The patricians and their autobiographical stories of education -- The dandies and their marriage stories -- Physics exam stories : insanity, simulation, and crime at the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires -- The frontier of crime. Transmutation operation stories -- The crime of the artist : portrait stories -- Coda -- The moreiras. Argentine stories -- The history of a best-seller : from anarchism to Peronism. A literary genealogy "in crime" by way of the story of the submission of the first manuscript to the master -- Women who kill. Stories of truth and stories of Jews. Stories of truth -- Stories of Jews -- Conclusion. The crime story of the very much read
Language:
English
Subjects:
Romance Studies
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0708/2003027563-d.html
