{"title":"Humanities \u0026 social science (nf)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCategory: Non Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eID: Uk2QxSsC86dZ\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"theory-and-practice-of-sociocriticism-by-edmond-cros","title":"Theory and practice of sociocriticism - By Edmond Cros","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTheory and practice of sociocriticism\u003c\/h1\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003eWritten by: \u003c\/strong\u003eEdmond Cros\u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003eCategory: \u003c\/strong\u003eNon Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003eGenre: \u003c\/strong\u003eTextbooks, Humanities \u0026amp; social science, Literary and cultural studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4 align=\"left\"\u003eBook Details:\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN 10: \u003c\/strong\u003e0816615802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN 13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9780816615803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat: \u003c\/strong\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/strong\u003eUniversity of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate Published: \u003c\/strong\u003e1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/strong\u003eEnglish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition: \u003c\/strong\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003eVery Good\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAppearance: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe book is in very good condition with minimal signs of wear. The cover is clean with no significant creases or tears. The spine is intact and the binding is tight. There are no noticeable markings, annotations, or highlights on the pages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003ch4 align=\"left\"\u003eSynopsis:\u003c\/h4\u003eTheory and Practice of Sociocriticism was first published in 1988. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Edmond Cros is a leading French Hispanicist whose work is unique in Continental theory because it brings Spanish and Mexican texts into current literary debates, which have so far centered mainly on the French and German traditions. Equally distinctive is the nature of his work, which Cros terms sociocriticism. Unlike most sociological approaches to literature, which leave the structure of texts untouched, sociocriticism aims to prove that the encounter with \"ideological traces,\" and with antagonistic tensions between social classes, is central to any reading of texts. Cros's method distinguishes between the \"semiotic and \"ideological\" elements within a text, and involves the patient, exacting reconstruction of the concrete text from these elements, a process that enables the sociocritic to interpret its fault lines, its internal contradictions - in the end , its irreducibly social nature. As its title suggests, Theory and Practice of Sociocriticism is structured in two parts. Its opening chapters analyze sociological theories of discourse, including those of Foucault, Bakhtin, and Goldman; in the second part, Cros applies theory to practice in readings of specific works: the film Scarface, contemporary Mexican poetry and prose (Octavio Paz, Carlos Fuentes), and the picaresque novel of the Spanish Golden Age. In their foreword, Jurgen Link and Ursula Link-Heer differentiate sociocriticism from other social approaches to literature and show how Cros's method works in specific textual readings. They emphasize his resistance to the reductive modes and \"misreadings\" that dominate much of contemporary theory. Edmond Cros is a professor of literary theory and Hispanic studies at the Universite Paul Valery in Montpellier, France, and Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Jurgen Link teaches at the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum and Ursula Link-Heer at the Universitat Siegen, both in West Germany.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003ch4 align=\"left\"\u003eThe Bookworms Mission:\u003c\/h4\u003e We strive to reduce unnecessary landfill by taking used books, second-hand books, paperback books, hardback books, pre-loved books, great reads and recycled books and then redistributing them throughout New Zealand, Australia and the rest of the world. Readers can connect online with book titles, helping them find new homes, and support reusing and re-loving books that are affordable. At Bookworms you’ll find cheap books, hidden gems and even some lost treasures. 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Along the way, you'll learn how the techniques of a Japanese hot-dog-eating champion can help you, the reason an Australian doctor swallowed a batch of dangerous bacteria, why Nigerian e-mail scammers make a point of saying they're from Nigeria, and why Van Halen's demanding tour contract banning brown M\u0026amp;Ms was really a safety measure. You'll learn why sometimes it's best to put away your moral compass, and smarter to think like a child. You will be given a master class in incentives-because for better or worse, incentives rule our world. And you will learn to quit before you fail, because you can't solve tomorrow's problem if you aren't willing to abandon today's dud. Levitt and Dubner see the world like no one else. Now you can too. 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