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The Closed Hand: Images of the Japanese in Modern Peruvian Literature (Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures)
Rebecca Tsurumi
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Description for The Closed Hand: Images of the Japanese in Modern Peruvian Literature (Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures)
Paperback. Num Pages: 314 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; DSB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
In her book, The Closed Hand: Images of the Japanese in Modern Peruvian Literature, Rebecca Riger Tsurumi captures the remarkable story behind the changing human landscape in Peru at the end of the nineteenth century when Japanese immigrants established what would become the second largest Japanese community in South America. She analyzes how non-Japanese Peruvian narrators unlock the unspoken attitudes and beliefs about the Japanese held by mainstream Peruvian society, as reflected in works written between l966 and 2006. Tsurumi explores how these Peruvian literary giants, including Mario Vargas Llosa, Miguel Gutiérrez, Alfredo Bryce Echenique, Carmen Ollé, Pilar Dughi, and ... Read more
In her book, The Closed Hand: Images of the Japanese in Modern Peruvian Literature, Rebecca Riger Tsurumi captures the remarkable story behind the changing human landscape in Peru at the end of the nineteenth century when Japanese immigrants established what would become the second largest Japanese community in South America. She analyzes how non-Japanese Peruvian narrators unlock the unspoken attitudes and beliefs about the Japanese held by mainstream Peruvian society, as reflected in works written between l966 and 2006. Tsurumi explores how these Peruvian literary giants, including Mario Vargas Llosa, Miguel Gutiérrez, Alfredo Bryce Echenique, Carmen Ollé, Pilar Dughi, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
West Lafayette, United States
ISBN
9781557536075
SKU
V9781557536075
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About Rebecca Tsurumi
Rebecca Riger Tsurumi has worked as a journalist/editor in Latin America and the United States. A Latin americanist who focuses on relations between Asia and Latin America, she received a PhD in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages from the CUNY Graduate Center and has taught Spanish language and literature courses at various colleges within the City University of New ... Read more
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