Embodying Argentina : body, space and nation in 19th century narrative / by Nancy Hanway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hanway, Nancy, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Argentine prose literature--19th century--Criticism and interpretation.

Argentine prose literature.

National characteristics, Argentine, in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

vii, 184 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2003]

Contents:

The body in the museum : Amalia and Pueyrredón

The degraded mother : Recuerdos de provincia and El médico de San Luis

Valuable white property : two versions of the myth of Lucía Miranda

Men around the campfire, women in the stars : Lucio V. Mansilla's Una excursión a los indios ranqueles and Eduarda Mansilla's "El ramito de romero"

The injured body : Martín Fierro and the public hygiene movement.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-180) and index.

ISBN:

078641457X

OCLC:

51266085