| All Night Movie Contributor(s): Borinsky, Alicia (Author), Franzen, Cola (Translator), Valenzuela, Luisa (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0810119544 ISBN-13: 9780810119543 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2002 Annotation: An irreverent picaresque, "All Night Movie" follows the adventures of a young woman determined to conquer the world. A rogues' gallery of labor union leaders, cultists, lesbians, murderers, ne'er-do-wells, prostitutes, and visitors to a disconcertingly erotic telephone booth accompany the picara as she pushes the limits established in patriarchal postdictatorship Argentina. With lyric prose, Alicia Borinsky creates a hypnotic kaleidoscope of voices--a tantalizing and illuminating mix of the pop culture, politics, sexuality, tango, and cinema of an enigmatic society that celebrates its own demise. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002010360 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.56" W x 8.68" (0.63 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An irreverent picaresque, All Night Movie follows the adventures of a young woman determined to conquer the world. A rogues' gallery of labor union leaders, cultists, lesbians, murderers, ne'er-do-wells, prostitutes, and visitors to a disconcertingly erotic telephone booth accompany the picara as she pushes the limits established in patriarchal postdictatorship Argentina. With lyric prose, Alicia Borinsky creates a hypnotic kaleidoscope of voices--a tantalizing and illuminating mix of the pop culture, politics, sexuality, tango, and cinema of an enigmatic society that celebrates its own demise. |