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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790118303321

Autore

Anderson Mark D. <1974->

Titolo

Disaster writing [[electronic resource] ] : the cultural politics of catastrophe in Latin America / / Mark D. Anderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2011

ISBN

1-280-49060-8

9786613585837

0-8139-3203-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

New World studies

Disciplina

860.9/3556

Soggetti

Latin American literature - History and criticism

Disasters in literature

Catastrophes (Geology) in literature

Literature and society - Latin America

National characteristics in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Approaching disaster -- Disaster and the "New patria": Cyclone San ZenoĢn and Trujillo's rewriting of the Dominican Republic -- Drought and the literary construction of risk in northeastern Brazil -- Volcanic identities: explosive nationalism and the disastered subject in Central American literature -- Fault lines: Mexico's 1985 earthquake and the politics of narration -- On writing and the nationalization of catastrophe.