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Hemispheric Imaginations: North American Fictions of Latin America
Helmbrecht Breinig
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Description for Hemispheric Imaginations: North American Fictions of Latin America
Paperback. An extensive study of fictional representations of Latin America in North American literature Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
What image of Latin America have North American fiction writers created, found, or echoed, and how has the prevailing discourse about the region shaped their work? How have their writings contributed to the discursive construction of our southern neighbors, and how has the literature undermined this construction and added layers of complexity that subvert any approach based on stereotypes? Combining American Studies, Canadian Studies, Latin American Studies, and Cultural Theory, Breinig relies on long scholarly experience to answer these and other questions. Hemispheric Imaginations, an ambitious interdisciplinary study of literary representations of Latin America as encounters with the other, is ... Read more
What image of Latin America have North American fiction writers created, found, or echoed, and how has the prevailing discourse about the region shaped their work? How have their writings contributed to the discursive construction of our southern neighbors, and how has the literature undermined this construction and added layers of complexity that subvert any approach based on stereotypes? Combining American Studies, Canadian Studies, Latin American Studies, and Cultural Theory, Breinig relies on long scholarly experience to answer these and other questions. Hemispheric Imaginations, an ambitious interdisciplinary study of literary representations of Latin America as encounters with the other, is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Press of New England
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Hanover, United States
ISBN
9781611689907
SKU
V9781611689907
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99-15
About Helmbrecht Breinig
HELMBRECHT BREINIG is professor emeritus of American Studies at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and founding director of the Bavarian American Academy, Munich. He is the author of numerous books and articles on US literature from the eighteenth century to the present, Inter-American studies, Native American studies, and cultural theory.
Reviews for Hemispheric Imaginations: North American Fictions of Latin America
Breinig's book opens an overdue trajectory. The kind of inquiry he embarks on is important, insightful, and thought provoking, and it resonates strongly beyond the materials analyzed (or the geographical scope targeted).
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