![]() | Figurative Inquisitions Subjects: Torture; Inquisition in motion pictures.; Torture in motion pictures.; Inquisition in literature.; Torture in literature.; Portuguese literature; Latin American literature; Winner, 2015 LAJSA Best Book in Latin American Jewish Studies This book investigates the uncanny presence of the Inquisition and marranismo (crypto-Judaism) in modern literature, theater, and film from Mexico, Brazil, and Portugal. Through a critique of fictional scenes of interrogation, it underscores the vital role of the literary in deconstructing the relation between torture and truth. Figurative Inquisitions traces the contours of a relationship among aesthetics, ethics, and politics in an account of the "Inquisitional logic" that continues to haunt contemporary political forms. In so doing, the book offers a unique humanistic perspective on current torture debates. Erin Graff Zivin is an associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese and of comparative literature at the University of Southern California. |
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