Killer Books : : Writing, Violence, and Ethics in Modern Spanish American Narrative / / Aníbal González.
Writing and violence have been inextricably linked in Spanish America from the Conquest onward. Spanish authorities used written edicts, laws, permits, regulations, logbooks, and account books to control indigenous peoples whose cultures were predominantly oral, giving rise to a mingled awe and mist...
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