Mining memory : reimagining self and nation through narratives of childhood in Peru / Mary Beth Tierney-Tello.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tierney-Tello, Mary Beth, author.

Series:

Bucknell studies in Latin American literature and theory.

The Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature and Theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, Peruvian--20th century.

Authors, Peruvian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lewisburg, [Pennsylvania] : Bucknell University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Every major Peruvian author of the twentieth century has written a narrative focused on childhood or coming of age.Mining Memory argues that Peruvian narratives of the twentieth century re-imagine childhood not only to document personal pasts, but also to focus on national identity as a dynamic and incomplete process.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on Translations

Introduction

Ch01. On Writing a National Child

Ch02. Childhood Homes and Foundational History

Ch03. The Child Between

Ch04. Chronicles of Childhood

Ch05. Other Children

Ch06. Dismembering Gendering

Conclusion: Childhood, Past and Future

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 10, 2017).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Online version: Tierney-Tello, Mary Beth, 1961- author. Mining memory

ISBN:

1-61148-773-0

1-61148-774-9

OCLC:

967254148