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

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

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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).
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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.