Description
The Singer's Needle offers a bold new approach to the history of twentieth-century Panam , one that illuminates the nature of power and politics in a small and complex nation. Using novelistic techniques, Vierba explores three crucial episodes in the shaping and erosion of contemporary Panamanian institutions: the establishment of a penal colony on the island of Coiba in 1919, the judicial drama following the murder of President Jos Antonio Rem n Cantera in 1955, and the "disappearance" of a radical priest in 1971. Skillfully blending historical sociology with novelistic narrative and extensive empirical research, and drawing on the works of Michel Foucault among others, Vierba shows the links between power, interpretation, and representation. The result is a book that deftly reshapes conventional methods of historical writing.
Author: Ezer Vierba
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 01/19/2021
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d
ISBN13: 9780226342450
ISBN10: 022634245X
BISAC Categories:
- History | Latin America | Central America
Author: Ezer Vierba
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 01/19/2021
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d
ISBN13: 9780226342450
ISBN10: 022634245X
BISAC Categories:
- History | Latin America | Central America
About the Author
Ezer Vierba is an instructor in the writing program at Harvard University.