Journal article
On the Politics of Scale in Balún Canán
Hispanic review, Vol.84(2), pp.191-211
04/01/2016
DOI: 10.1353/hir.2016.0020
Abstract
This article uses geographer Neil Smith's concept of the politics of scale to argue for a renewed reading of Rosario Castellanos's first novel, Balún Canán (1957), within the context of regional narrative. That reading is accomplished by combining recent contextual investigations in history and sociology with crucial allusions to economic structures in the novel. In keeping with Smith's formulations, Balún Canán is shown to be a work in which no simple resolution can be made between global, regional, and national contexts.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- On the Politics of Scale in Balún Canán
- Creators
- Brian Gollnick - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Hispanic review, Vol.84(2), pp.191-211
- DOI
- 10.1353/hir.2016.0020
- ISSN
- 0018-2176
- eISSN
- 1553-0639
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/01/2016
- Academic Unit
- International Programs; Spanish and Portuguese
- Record Identifier
- 9984397910902771
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