The Singer's Needle: An Undisciplined History of Panamá (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226342450)

The Singer's Needle offers a bold new approach to the history of twentieth-century Panam , one that illuminates the nature of power and politics in a small and complex nation. Using novelistic techniques, Vierba explores three crucial episodes in the shaping and erosion of contemporary Panamanian institutions: the establishment of a penal colony on the island of Coiba in 1919, the judicial drama following the murder of President Jos Antonio Rem n Cantera in 1955, and the "disappearance" of a radical priest in 1971. Skillfully blending historical sociology with novelistic narrative and extensive empirical research, and drawing on the works of Michel Foucault among others, Vierba shows the links between power, interpretation, and representation. The result is a book that deftly reshapes conventional methods of historical writing.

Author: Ezer Vierba
ISBN-10: 022634245X
ISBN-13: 9780226342450
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 01/19/2021
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d