This Rough Magic
Technology in Latin American Fiction
Will be published approx. on 1. February 1995
Book
Hardback
XII, 284 pages
978-0-8204-1889-6 (ISBN)
Description
This Rough Magic represents a significant contribution to the study of Latin American literature and culture. Jane Robinett examines the literary evaluation of technology and shows how concepts of technology in fiction reflect the theoretical work of philosophers of technology. The study focuses on the relationship of technology to magical and political realities found in the work of Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Amado, and Isabel Allende. Robinett shows how magic can function as an independent system and as an alternative to technological domination of the natural world, and she examines how technology can reinforce inherent political tendencies in the cultures.
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The Author: Jane Robinett received her Ph.D. in Twentieth-Century American Literature from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. She spent five years in Spain and has taught at York College (CUNY) and Polytechnic University in Brooklyn. She was recently a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Costa Rica. Dr. Robinett currently teaches at San Diego State University, Imperial Valley Campus.