Pitt Body, Nation, and Narrative in the Americas

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-230-11534-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 211 Seiten

Reihe: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

This book contextualizes 21st century representations of disappearance, torture, and detention within a historical framework of inter-American narratives. Examining a range of sources, Pitt finds a persistent focus on the body that links contemporary practices of political terror to concerns about corporality and sovereignty.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pitt, K.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Disappearing Citizens Buried Citizens: Landing a Nation in José de Alencar and Nathaniel Hawthorne Lost Citizens: Memory and Mourning in William Faulkner and Elena Garro Tortured Citizens: Terror and Dissidence in Luisa Valenzuela and Edwidge Danticat Postscript: Dissapperaing Threats: Reflections on Security, Immigration, and Detention

Über Autor(innen)

KRISTIN E. PITT Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA.