The image of the river in Latin/o American literature : written in the water / / edited by Jeanie Murphy and Elizabeth G. Rivero

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2018]; ©2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 pages)
• Disciplina: 860.998
• Soggetto topico: Latin American literature - History and criticism; Rivers in literature; Water in literature
• Persona (resp. second.): MurphyJeanie; RiveroElizabeth G.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The image of the river in Latin
• ISBN: 1-4985-4730-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910796213103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ecocritical theory and practice.