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Body, nation, and narrative in the Americas
- Title
- Body, nation, and narrative in the Americas / Kristin E. Pitt.
- Author
- Pitt, Kristin E., 1971-
- Publication
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 211 p.; 22 cm.
- Subject
- Disappeared persons in literature
- Political persecution in literature
- State, The, in literature
- Human body in literature
- National characteristics, American, in literature
- National characteristics, Latin American, in literature
- Politics and literature > America > History
- America > Literatures > History and criticism
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: disappearing citizens: body, nation, and narrative in the Americas -- Buried citizens: landing a nation in José 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.
- Call Number
- JFD 11-304
- ISBN
- 9780230107137 (alk. paper)
- 0230107133 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010015960
- OCLC
- YBP 2010015960
- Author
- Pitt, Kristin E., 1971-
- Title
- Body, nation, and narrative in the Americas / Kristin E. Pitt.
- Imprint
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 11-304