Post-conflict Central American literature : searching for home and longing to belong / Yvette Aparicio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aparicio, Yvette, 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Central American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Central American literature.

Central American literature--21st century--History and criticism.

Belonging (Social psychology)--Central America.

Belonging (Social psychology).

Collective memory in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland ; Plymouth, England : Bucknell University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first book-length study to consider the development and significance of Central American post-conflict poetry; and to study poets such as Luis Chaves, Marta Leonor González, Susana Reyes, and Juan Sobalvarro together with well-known short fiction writers, Claudia Hernández, Jacinta Escudos and Salvador Canjura. Through a deep engagement with post-conflict Central American culture and literature, this book details ways in which contemporary Salvadoran, Nicaraguan and Costa Rican writers imagine and find ho

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Central America in Pieces; Chapter Two: (Re)membering Central America; Chapter Three: The Stench of Belonging; Chapter Four: Touring the Homeland; Chapter Five: Almost Home; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-35681-3

1-61148-703-X

1-61148-548-7

OCLC:

864899259