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Disaster writing : the cultural politics of catastrophe in Latin America / Mark D. Anderson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anderson, Mark D., 1974-
- Series:
- New World studies.
- New World studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Latin American literature--History and criticism.
- Latin American literature.
- Disasters in literature.
- Catastrophes (Geology) in literature.
- Literature and society--Latin America.
- Literature and society.
- National characteristics in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (255 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- He shows how the political and historical contexts suggest a systematic link between natural disaster and cultural politics.
- Contents:
- Approaching disaster
- Disaster and the "New patria": Cyclone San Zenón and Trujillo's rewriting of the Dominican Republic
- Drought and the literary construction of risk in northeastern Brazil
- Volcanic identities: explosive nationalism and the disastered subject in Central American literature
- Fault lines: Mexico's 1985 earthquake and the politics of narration
- On writing and the nationalization of catastrophe.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613585837
- 9781280490606
- 1280490608
- 9780813932033
- 0813932033
- OCLC:
- 785943545
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