Literature and Liminality

by Gustavo Perez Firmat

Recent literary studies and related disciplines have given much attention to phenomena that seem to occupy more or less permanently eccentric positions in our experience. Gustavo Perez Firmat examines three of these marginal or liminal phenomena--paying particular attention to the distinction between "center" and "periphery"--as they appear in Hispanic literature. Carnival (the traditional festival in which normal behavior is overturned), choteo (an...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822306581
• ISBN13: 9780822306580
• Release Date: November 1985
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.