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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910166648203321
• Autore: Breinig Helmbrecht
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hanover, New Hampshire : , : Dartmouth College Press, , [2016]; ©[2016]
• ISBN: 9781611689914; 9781611689723; 9781611689907
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 390 pages)
• Collana: Re-mapping the transnational: a Dartmouth series in American studies
• Disciplina: 810.93588
• Soggetti: Canadian fiction - History and criticism; American fiction - History and criticism; Electronic books.; America Relations Latin America; Latin America Relations America; Latin America In literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: An extensive study of fictional representations of Latin America in North American literature.