Michael Handelsman: a literary critic from and towards the half of the World

This article states that the book entitled Guayaquil y sus escritores. Un homenaje a algunos clásicos que no se van, published in 2017 by Michael Handelsman, shows the author’s effort to fight the academic colonialism enthroned by elitist intellectual circles. His analysis of Literature, literary ma...

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Autor: Medina, Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Ecuador
Institución:Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar
Repositorio:Revista Andina de Letras y Estudios Culturales
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.uasb.edu.ec:article/1049
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/kipus/article/view/1049
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Michael Handelsman
Ecuador
crítica
ensayo
colonialismo académico
interseccionalidad
control
poder
critic
essay
academic colonialism
intersectionality
power
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Sumario:This article states that the book entitled Guayaquil y sus escritores. Un homenaje a algunos clásicos que no se van, published in 2017 by Michael Handelsman, shows the author’s effort to fight the academic colonialism enthroned by elitist intellectual circles. His analysis of Literature, literary magazines and essays on Ecuadorian authors, is developed within Kimberlé Crenshaw’s inter-sectionalist theoretical framework, which allows us to analyze institutions that exert control and power. This essay provides examples of four studies by Handelsman, where his intention of interweaving Ecuadorian Literature within the global scene of critics can be perceived, as well as his intention to promote recognition of the aesthetic value of works unknown due to exclusivist attitudes and poorstrategies of editorial distribution