Description:
Carnivalizing Difference explores the actual and possible relationships between Bakhtinian theory and cultural practice.
Review Quotes: ""Carnivalizing Difference brings a level of intellectual rigor and consistency to Bakhtinian approaches, qualities that other studies sometimes lack. Notable for their depth of understanding, originality, and relevance, the essays in "Carnivalizing Difference illuminate the seemingly endless possibilities Bakhtinian thought possesses for literary studies, as well as serve as a valuable blueprint for the future of Bakhtin studies."
-Lee Templeton, University of North Carolina, Greesboro, "symploke
"For scholars interested in the individual works covered, and in one approach to the theme of poverty and imagination, whether or not one agrees with the ideas, this is a book to read."
-Ellen Chances, Princeton University, The Russian Review, October 2002