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The Image of the River in Latin/o American Literature : Written in the Water.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Ecocritical Theory and Practice SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (201 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498547307
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Image of the River in Latin/o American LiteratureDDC classification:
  • 860.936
LOC classification:
  • PQ7081 .I434 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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