02589nam 2200505 450 991082351580332120220518183955.01-4985-4730-3(CKB)3790000000536034(MiAaPQ)EBC5153967(Au-PeEL)EBL5153967(CaPaEBR)ebr11473028(OCoLC)1010612715(EXLCZ)99379000000053603420220518d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe image of the river in Latin/o American literature written in the water /edited by Jeanie Murphy and Elizabeth G. RiveroLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,[2018]©20181 online resource (201 pages)Ecocritical Theory and Practice1-4985-4729-X 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.Ecocritical theory and practice.Latin American literatureHistory and criticismRivers in literatureWater in literatureLatin American literatureHistory and criticism.Rivers in literature.Water in literature.860.998Murphy JeanieRivero Elizabeth G.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823515803321The image of the river in Latin3986279UNINA