Twice the winner of the Brazilian national book award, Silviano Santiago caused a sensation in 1985 with the publication of "Stella Manhattan," a story of sexual scandal and political intrigue. Set in the Brazilian exile community in New York City in the late 1960s, this "noir" novel is an electrifying adventure story of a young gay Brazilian man trying to make a go of it in New York. After being forced from his native country by an unforgiving father who embodies the authoritarian temper of the Brazilian dictatorship and is embarrassed by his son s homosexuality and transvestism, Stella...
Twice the winner of the Brazilian national book award, Silviano Santiago caused a sensation in 1985 with the publication of "Stella Manhattan," a stor...
Silviano Santiago has been a pioneer in the development of concepts crucial to the discourse of contemporary critical and cultural theory, especially postcolonial theory. The notions of "hybridity" and "the space in-between" have been so completely absorbed into current theory that few scholars even realize these terms began with Santiago. He was the first to introduce poststructuralist thought to Brazil--via his publication of the "Glossario de Derrida "and his role as a prominent teacher. "The Space In-Between "translates many of his seminal essays into English for the first time and, in...
Silviano Santiago has been a pioneer in the development of concepts crucial to the discourse of contemporary critical and cultural theory, especially ...
