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.
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.
Jeanie Murphy is associate professor of Spanish and Latin American studies at Goucher College. Elizabeth G. Rivero is associate professor of Spanish at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: Written in the Water: The Image of the River in Latin/o American Literature Part I: Memory of Water: Rivers and the Politics and Praxis of Remembrance 1 Along the River of Memory: Los fuegos de San Telmo by José Pedro Díaz Elizabeth G. Rivero 2 Floating Statues and Streams of Consciousness: Memory Work in Argentina's Río de la Plata and Río Salí Bridget V. Franco 3 From "Obstinate Memory" to Explosions of Recollections: Rivers as Cultural Sites of Remembrance Julia A. Kushigian Part II: Rivers at the Crossroads: Borders, Land/Cityscapes and Social Imaginaries as Contested Spaces 4 The River as Political Quagmire: Mempo Giardinelli's An Impossible Balance Jeanie Murphy 5 Rippling Borders in Latina Literature Rebeca L. Hey-Colón 6 Social and Geographical Landscapes: The River as Metaphor for Female Sexuality Kathryn Quinn-Sanchez 7 Myth and Reality: Imaging the River in Early Colonial Spanish Writing J. Manuel Gómez 8 Writing the Riverbanks in El libro flotante by Leonardo Valencia Renata Égüez About the Contributors
Introduction: Written in the Water: The Image of the River in Latin/o American Literature Part I: Memory of Water: Rivers and the Politics and Praxis of Remembrance 1 Along the River of Memory: Los fuegos de San Telmo by José Pedro Díaz Elizabeth G. Rivero 2 Floating Statues and Streams of Consciousness: Memory Work in Argentina's Río de la Plata and Río Salí Bridget V. Franco 3 From "Obstinate Memory" to Explosions of Recollections: Rivers as Cultural Sites of Remembrance Julia A. Kushigian Part II: Rivers at the Crossroads: Borders, Land/Cityscapes and Social Imaginaries as Contested Spaces 4 The River as Political Quagmire: Mempo Giardinelli's An Impossible Balance Jeanie Murphy 5 Rippling Borders in Latina Literature Rebeca L. Hey-Colón 6 Social and Geographical Landscapes: The River as Metaphor for Female Sexuality Kathryn Quinn-Sanchez 7 Myth and Reality: Imaging the River in Early Colonial Spanish Writing J. Manuel Gómez 8 Writing the Riverbanks in El libro flotante by Leonardo Valencia Renata Égüez About the Contributors
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