Hemispheric Imaginations : North American Fictions of Latin America / / Helmbrecht Breinig.

• VerfasserIn: Breinig, Helmbrecht,
• Place / Publishing House: Hanover, New Hampshire : : Dartmouth College Press,, [2016]; ©[2016]
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Re-Mapping the Transnational: a Dartmouth Series in American Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 390 pages).

An extensive study of fictional representations of Latin America in North American literature.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Part One -- 1 | Introduction -- 2 | Alterity and Identity: Reflections on Approaching the Other -- Part Two -- 3 | Foundational Narratives: Some Versions of Columbus -- 4 | Invasive Methods: The Opening of Latin America in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century US Literature -- 5 | Representations of the Mexican Revolution in US Literature -- Part Three -- 6 | Nature and Civilization: Nineteenth-Century Travelers and Twentieth-Century Escapists -- 7 | Gendered Perceptions of Latin America in Twentieth-Century US Literature -- Part Four -- 8 | The Post-Vietnam Era: Versions of Realism -- 9 | The Postmodern Response: Magical Realism and Metafiction -- 10 | Splintered Foundations: Postmodern and Native American Versions of Columbus -- Part Five -- 11 | Canada and Latin America: Malcolm Lowry and the Other as Symbolic Field -- 12 | Post-Vietnam and Twenty-First-Century Canadian Visitors -- Postscript -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.