Author Description
Violentologies: Violence, Identity, And Ideology In Latina/o Literature, Explores How Various Forms Of Violence Undergird A Wide Range Of Latina/o Subjectivities, Or Latinidades, From 1835 To The Present. Drawing Upon The Colombian Interdisciplinary Field Of Violence Studies Known As Violentología, Which Examines The Transformation Of Colombian Society During A Century Of Political And Interpersonal Violence, This Book Adapts The Neologism Violentology As A Heuristic Device And Epistemic Category To Map The Salience Of Violence In Latina/o History, Life, And Culture In The U.s. And Globally. Based On One Hundred Primary Texts And Archival Documents From An Expansive Range Of Latina/o Communities - Chicana/o, Puerto Rican, Cuban American, Dominican American, Salvadoran American, Guatemalan American, And Various Mixed-heritages And Transversal Hybridities Throughout The World - Violentologies Features Multiple Generations Of Latinx Combatants, Wartime Non-combatants, And Peacetime Civilians Whose Identities And Ideologies Extend Through, And Also Far Beyond, Familiar Latinidades. Based On This Discrepant Archive, Violentologies Articulates A Contrapuntal Assessment Of The Inchoate, Contradictory, And Complex Range Of Violence-based Latina/o Ontologies And Epistemologies, And Corresponding Negotiations Of Power, Or Ideologies, Pursuant To An Expansive And Meta-critical Pan-latina/o Methodology And, Ultimately, An Anti-identitarian Post-latina/o Paradigm.
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THE THESIS
This book investigates how violence functions as a foundational epistemic category and heuristic device in the formation of Latina/o subjectivities from 1835 to the present. B. V. Olguín, a scholar in the field of Latinx literature and culture, adapts the Colombian interdisciplinary framework of violentología to analyze the intersection of violence, identity, and ideology. By examining a vast archive of primary texts, the author argues that violence is not merely an external force but a constitutive element of Latinx ontologies and power negotiations.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- A theoretical framework adapting Colombian violentología for broader Latinx studies.
- Analysis of over one hundred primary texts and archival documents.
- Comparative studies across diverse communities including Chicana/o, Puerto Rican, Cuban American, and Central American populations.
- A meta-critical methodology aimed at developing an anti-identitarian post-latina/o paradigm.
Scope Limits
- The study focuses primarily on literary and archival representations rather than empirical sociological field data.
- The analysis is restricted to the specific lens of violence-based ontologies and may not cover non-violent cultural expressions.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Scholars in the field of ethnic studies recognize this work as a significant contribution to the theorization of Latinx identity through the lens of political and interpersonal conflict. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and the ambitious scope of the archival research presented by the author.
Page Count:
240
Publication Date:
2020-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0192608185
ISBN-13:
9780192608185
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Latinx Studies
Literary Criticism
Sociology
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