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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453481603321

Autore

Aparicio Yvette <1972->

Titolo

Post-conflict Central American literature : searching for home and longing to belong / / Yvette Aparicio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Bucknell University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-61148-703-X

1-61148-548-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Disciplina

860.9/9728

Soggetti

Central American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Central American literature - 21st century - History and criticism

Belonging (Social psychology) - Central America

Collective memory in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Central America in Pieces; Chapter Two: (Re)membering Central America; Chapter Three: The Stench of Belonging; Chapter Four: Touring the Homeland; Chapter Five: Almost Home; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first book-length study to consider the development and significance of Central American post-conflict poetry; and to study poets such as Luis Chaves, Marta Leonor González, Susana Reyes, and Juan Sobalvarro together with well-known short fiction writers, Claudia Hernández, Jacinta Escudos and Salvador Canjura. Through a deep engagement with post-conflict Central American culture and literature, this book details ways in which contemporary Salvadoran, Nicaraguan and Costa Rican writers imagine and find ho