Knowledge and Censorship

by I. Stavans

Overview

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. In the second part of the volume, Verónica Albin engages Stavans in a series of four conversations in which he expounds on the arguments he developed in the essays.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349539628
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	03/15/2008
Edition description:	1st ed. 2008
Pages:	177
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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