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Genre/Form: | e-books History Livres numériques |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ezer Vierba |
ISBN: | 022634231X 022634245X 9780226342313 9780226342450 9780226342597 022634259X |
OCLC Number: | 1240723501 |
Description: | 1 ressource en ligne (xxxii, 323 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | Editor's PrefacePart I: Coiba: An Introduction to the Panamanian Subject Chapter One: Penal Colonialism and National Sovereignty: Porras and the Liberal Reforms, 1912-1924 Chapter Two: Punishment and Subject Formation Chapter Three: The Singer's Report: Text and Critique in Coiba, 1920-1935Part II: Theaters of Authority Chapter Four: The Remonato, a Hybrid State: 1947-1955 Chapter Five: Trials of Authority: Legal Consciousness and Formal Struggles in the Postwar EraPart III: On the Way to Chumumbito, Santa Fe Chapter Six: Hector's Hermeneutics: Radical Readings and Christian Liberation in Santa Fe de Veraguas, 1968-1971 Acknowledgments Bibliography |
Responsibility: | Ezer Vierba. |
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Publisher Synopsis
"The Singer's Needle is a stunning achievement: Imagine if Foucault had studied Panama and written as clearly and compellingly as Camus. Immersing himself in the social, political, economic, and cultural history of twentieth-century Panama, Vierba combines careful and creative archival research, sophisticated theory, and compelling storytelling. His book is an extraordinary work of history, about both what happened in the past and what it means to think and write about it today. Historians of other places and times will marvel at, and learn from, Vierba's bold and brilliant blend of scholarship and art." * James Goodman, Rutgers University * "The Singer's Needle is a real page-turner-in fact, it's a path-breaker. Reading Vierba's unusual book is like playing hopscotch as you skid between its heterogeneous elements. The skill and artistry involved in sliding the different forms of writing and different voices on top of one another, and the intimate tone achieved, is astonishingly refreshing." * Michael Taussig, Columbia University * Read more...

