The reinvention of Mexico in contemporary Spanish travel writing / Jane Hanley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hanley, Jane, 1981- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Travel in literature.

Mexico--In literature.

Mexico.

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 pages)

Place of Publication:

Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"The impact of the history of transatlantic movement in the Spanish-speaking world on present-day concepts of Mexico and Latin America"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The idea of Mexico : historical and touristic narratives. Spain as origin and Mexico as destination

Spain in the travel economy and managing Mexico

The idea of Mexico : text and context

Memory, text and expectation. Vanishing empires : Francisco Solano in the postcolonial present

'Un viaje que huye del tópico'?

Between the lost city and the unchanging place : Eduardo Jordá from Mallorca to Mexico

Violence, instability and danger. Alfonso Armada and Corina Arranz's mobile frontiers

Alfredo Semprún's Viajes desaconsejables : producing novelty and consuming violence

Describing selves in worlds. Chiapas in Heredero's Chiapas : colonialities of perception, sensory nature and indigenous subjects

Mourelo following Turner following the Yaqui in Donde mueren los dioses

Historiography in motion : in the footsteps of Cabeza de Vaca

Conclusion: On writing a twenty-first century Hispanic transatlantic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780826502131

082650213X

9780826502148

0826502148

OCLC:

1267766009