Knowledge and Censorship

ISBN-13: 9781349539628 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 177 str.

Ilan Stavans; Veronica Albin; I. Stavans

Opis

This volume collects four sharp philosophical essays by Ilan Stavans on the acquisition of knowledge in multi-ethnic environments, the role that dictionaries play in the preservation of memory, the function of libraries in the electronic age, and the uses of censorship.

Spis treści

Preface * PART I: FOUR ESSAYS ON FREEDOM * The Process Glitch * Wor(l)ds * Stealing Books * Keeping My Mouth Shut * PART II: CONVERSATIONS WITH VERÓNICA ALBIN * Knowledge * Dictionaries * Libraries * Censorship

O autorze

Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professorof Latin American and Latino Culture, Amherst College. Verónica Albin is Senior Lecturer of Spanish, Rice University.