Hemispheric Imaginations: North American Fictions Of Latin America (re-mapping The Transnational: A Dartmouth Series In American Studies)
by Helmbrecht Breinig /
2016 / English / PDF
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What image of Latin America have North American fiction writers
created, found, or echoed, and how has the prevailing discourse
about the region shaped their work? How have their writings
contributed to the discursive construction of our southern
neighbors, and how has the literature undermined this construction
and added layers of complexity that subvert any approach based on
stereotypes? Combining American Studies, Canadian Studies, Latin
American Studies, and Cultural Theory, Breinig relies on long
scholarly experience to answer these and other questions.
Hemispheric Imaginations, an ambitious interdisciplinary study of
literary representations of Latin America as encounters with the
other, is among the most extensive such studies to date. It will
appeal to a broad range of scholars of American Studies.
What image of Latin America have North American fiction writers
created, found, or echoed, and how has the prevailing discourse
about the region shaped their work? How have their writings
contributed to the discursive construction of our southern
neighbors, and how has the literature undermined this construction
and added layers of complexity that subvert any approach based on
stereotypes? Combining American Studies, Canadian Studies, Latin
American Studies, and Cultural Theory, Breinig relies on long
scholarly experience to answer these and other questions.
Hemispheric Imaginations, an ambitious interdisciplinary study of
literary representations of Latin America as encounters with the
other, is among the most extensive such studies to date. It will
appeal to a broad range of scholars of American Studies.Hardcover is un-jacketed.
Hardcover is un-jacketed.
