The Image of the River in Latin/o American Literature : Written in the Water.
Murphy, Jeanie.
The Image of the River in Latin/o American Literature : Written in the Water. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (201 pages) - Ecocritical Theory and Practice Series . - Ecocritical Theory and Practice Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- I: Memory of Water: Rivers and the Politics and Praxis of Remembrance -- Chapter One: Along the River of Memory -- Chapter Two: Floating Statues and Streams of Consciousness -- Chapter Three: From "Obstinate Memory" to Explosions of Recollections -- II: Rivers at the Crossroads: Borders, Land/Cityscapes, and Social Imaginaries as Contested Spaces -- Chapter Four: The River as Political Quagmire -- Chapter Five: Rippling Borders in Latina Literature -- Chapter Six: Social and Geographical Landscapes -- Chapter Seven: Myth and Reality -- Chapter Eight: Writing the Riverbanks in El libro flotante de Caytran Dölphin by Leonardo Valencia -- Index -- About the Contributors.
Through the lens of ecocriticism, history, memory, and gender studies, this book studies the many ways in which the image of the river has been integrated into Latin/o American literature from the period of exploration and colonization to modern times, examining the imagery and symbolism tied to rivers in the writings of the region.
9781498547307
Rivers in literature.
Electronic books.
PQ7081 .I434 2018
860.936
The Image of the River in Latin/o American Literature : Written in the Water. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (201 pages) - Ecocritical Theory and Practice Series . - Ecocritical Theory and Practice Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- I: Memory of Water: Rivers and the Politics and Praxis of Remembrance -- Chapter One: Along the River of Memory -- Chapter Two: Floating Statues and Streams of Consciousness -- Chapter Three: From "Obstinate Memory" to Explosions of Recollections -- II: Rivers at the Crossroads: Borders, Land/Cityscapes, and Social Imaginaries as Contested Spaces -- Chapter Four: The River as Political Quagmire -- Chapter Five: Rippling Borders in Latina Literature -- Chapter Six: Social and Geographical Landscapes -- Chapter Seven: Myth and Reality -- Chapter Eight: Writing the Riverbanks in El libro flotante de Caytran Dölphin by Leonardo Valencia -- Index -- About the Contributors.
Through the lens of ecocriticism, history, memory, and gender studies, this book studies the many ways in which the image of the river has been integrated into Latin/o American literature from the period of exploration and colonization to modern times, examining the imagery and symbolism tied to rivers in the writings of the region.
9781498547307
Rivers in literature.
Electronic books.
PQ7081 .I434 2018
860.936