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An edition of Body, nation, and narrative in the Americas (2010)

Body, nation, and narrative in the Americas

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Body, Nation, and Narrative in the Americas reveals the central role of disappearing and dying bodies within the literature of the Americas, arguing that anxiety regarding the power of the state over the citizen is a defining feature of New World cultural productions. This timely investigation contextualizes disappearance and detention within a framework of literary narratives depicting the dangers facing citizens of the Americas. Kristin E. Pitt examines a wide range of sources, from Hawthorne to Faulkner to Danticat, and finds a persistent focus on the body that links contemporary practices of political terror to inter-American concerns about corporality and sovereignty.

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Palgrave Macmillan
Language
English
Pages
211

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Literatures Politics and literature National characteristics, American, in literature History and criticism National characteristics, Latin American, in literature Political persecution in literature State, The, in literature Disappeared persons in literature Human body in literature History Bürger Motiv (Literatur) Internierung Literatur Verfolgung Literature Politische Verfolgung Vermisster Motiv Körper Staatsgewalt American literature, history and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM General Literary studies: post-colonial literature TRAVEL Special Interest Literary

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Table of Contents

Introduction: disappearing citizens: body, nation, and narrative in the Americas
Buried citizens: landing a nation in Jose de Alencar and Nathaniel Hawthorne
Lost citizens: memory and mourning in William Faulkner and Elena Garro
Tortured citizens: terror and dissidence in Luisa Valenzuela and Edwidge Danticat
Postscript: disappearing threats: reflections on security, immigration, and detention.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
809/.933587
Library of Congress
PN846 .P58 2010, PN45-PN57HM623PN843-

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
211

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL24566337M
ISBN 13
9780230107137
LCCN
2010015960
OCLC/WorldCat
607977733

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Work ID
OL15616119W

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