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Redefining Latin American Historical Fiction
Helene Carol . Ed(S): Weldt-Basson
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Description for Redefining Latin American Historical Fiction
Paperback. Current scholarship on Latin American historical fiction has failed to take feminism and postcolonialism into account. This study uses these important contemporary discourses as a starting point for a new definition of the Latin American historical novel that includes national identity, magical realism, historical intertextuality, and symbolism. Editor(s): Weldt-Basson, Helene Carol. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSBH5; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
Current scholarship on Latin American historical fiction has failed to take feminism and postcolonialism into account. This study uses these important contemporary discourses as a starting point for a new definition of the Latin American historical novel that includes national identity, magical realism, historical intertextuality, and symbolism.
Current scholarship on Latin American historical fiction has failed to take feminism and postcolonialism into account. This study uses these important contemporary discourses as a starting point for a new definition of the Latin American historical novel that includes national identity, magical realism, historical intertextuality, and symbolism.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
Number of Pages
263
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349447237
SKU
V9781349447237
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99-15
About Helene Carol . Ed(S): Weldt-Basson
Fernando Burgos, University of Memphis, USA Marcelo Coddou, Drew University, USA María Josele Bucco Coelho, Universidad Federal de Rio Grande de Sur, Brazil Víctor Figueroa, Wayne State University, USA Ester Gimbernat González, University of Northern Colorado, USA Elda Stanco, Brown University, USA Patricia Varas, Willamette University, USA
Reviews for Redefining Latin American Historical Fiction
"None of the novels examined in Redefining Latin American Historical Fiction are viewed as historical fiction in the conventional 'costume drama' sense of the word, and all engage in essentially Marxian versions of history as the contemporary ideological positioning of human subjects. These essays are outstanding examples of literary scholarship, well documented and well grounded theoretically. They certainly make me ... Read more