Animal Symbolism in Hispanic Literature : From the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beck, Lauren.

Series:

Monografías A Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer, Limited, 2026.

Summary:

Whether axolotl, jaguars, or giant snakes, animals have often had the human experience grafted onto them, in a conscious or unconscious reflection of a society's beliefs, ambitions, and inequalities.

Contents:

Front Cover

Contents

Illustrations

Contributors

Introduction Animal Symbolism in Hispanic Literature: From the Sixteenth Century to the Present D

Part I Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries - The First Proverbial Transatlantic Zoo

1 The Transatlantic Bestiaries of Felipe Guamán Poma (Waman Puma), c. 1615

2 Monsters, American Animals, and Mirabilia in Gerónimo de Huerta and his Translation of the Natura

3 (In)Human Nature: Discourses over the Distinctions between Man and Beast in the Indigenous-Langu

4 "La natural inclinación se olvida:" Animal Transformation in Cervantes

Part II Twentieth Century - Prowling for Pathways Toward a New Future

5 Uncanny Urodeles: The Case of Julio Cortázar's "Axolotl"

6 Animal Skins/Human Souls: Figurations of the Jaguar in Contemporary Brazilian and Spanish Americ

7 Of Nahuals and Angels: Neoliberal Reinterpretations and Transnational Mythology in Édgar Clément'

8 "Fausto" and Marina: Cats, Sickness, and Twentieth-Century Spain

Part III: Twenty-First Century - In the Beast's Clothing

9 Animal Adventures for Gabriela Cabezón Cámara's China Iron

10 Colonizing Monsters and Decolonizing Beasts: The Case of Mariana Enríquez's Our Share of Night

11 Forms of the Beast: The Figure of the Werewolf in Three Recent Mexican Novels

12 Animal Metaphors and Gender Violence in Contemporary Spain: (Non)Fictional Narratives

Index.

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ISBN:

1-80543-985-5

1-80543-984-7

9781805439844

OCLC:

1564372835