Bilingual Aesthetics: A New Sentimental Education

Doris Sommer

Published by Duke University Press 2004

Bilingual Aesthetics

A New Sentimental Education

Doris Sommer
Edited by: Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar , Jane Kramer , Benjamin Lee and Michael Warner

In the series Public planet books

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822385790

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About this book

An analysis of the changing status of bi- and multi-lingualness in relation to issues of citizenship, ethnicity, and diversity.

Author / Editor information

Doris Sommer is Professor of Romance Languages and Literature and Director of Graduate Studies in Spanish at Harvard University. Among her books are Proceed with Caution, When Engaged by Minority Writing in the Americas; Foundational Fictions: The National Romances of Latin America; Bilingual Games: Some Literary Investigations; and The Places of History: Regionalism Revisited in Latin America, published by Duke University Press.

Reviews

“Doris Sommer’s book is the most thorough exploration of the possibilities that bilingualism opens to public life in contemporary societies. Written in a rigorous way, it is also punctuated by witticisms, insightful historical and sociological comments, and a cultural richness which makes its reading both pleasurable and eye-opening. It is a major contribution to an insufficiently explored field in contemporary scholarship.”—Ernesto Laclau, State University of New York, Buffalo

“This is a tour de force—a brilliantly conceived and executed performance of scholarly seduction.”—Diana Taylor, author of The Archive and the Repertoire: Performing Cultural Memory in the Americas

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Thanks Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Invitation Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1 Choose and Lose Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Aesthetics Is a Joke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
3 Irritate the State Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
4 The Common Sense Sublime Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
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Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 280

eBook

Published: April 7, 2004
ISBN: 9780822385790