A fascinating collection of essays about Bakhtin that incorporate a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, including theater arts, philosophy, history, women's studies, Latin American literature, and Russian literature. The authors take Bakhtin's ethics, as articulated in his writings of 1919-1929, and extend them into areas of thought that themselves enter into fruitful dialogue with his theoretical positions, endeavoring at all times to remain cognizant of both Russian and Western views of Bakhtin. The essayists' interactions attest to the productivity of any thoughtful encounter with...

A fascinating collection of essays about Bakhtin that incorporate a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, including theater arts, philosophy, history, women's studies, Latin American literature, and Russian literature. The authors take Bakhtin's ethics, as articulated in his writings of 1919-1929, and extend them into areas of thought that themselves enter into fruitful dialogue with his theoretical positions, endeavoring at all times to remain cognizant of both Russian and Western views of Bakhtin. The essayists' interactions attest to the productivity of any thoughtful encounter with...