Image of the River in Latin/o American Literature - Written in the Water

Through the lens of ecocriticism, history, memory, and gender studies, this book studies the many ways in which the image of the river has been integrated into Latin/o American literature from the period of exploration and colonization to modern times, examining the imagery and symbolism tied to rivers in the writings of the region.

List of contents

Introduction: Written in the Water: The Image of the River in Latin/o American Literature
Part I: Memory of Water: Rivers and the Politics and Praxis of Remembrance
1 Along the River of Memory: Los fuegos de San Telmo by José Pedro Díaz
Elizabeth G. Rivero
2 Floating Statues and Streams of Consciousness: Memory Work in Argentina's Río de la Plata and Río Salí
Bridget V. Franco
3 From "Obstinate Memory" to Explosions of Recollections: Rivers as Cultural Sites of Remembrance
Julia A. Kushigian
Part II: Rivers at the Crossroads: Borders, Land/Cityscapes and Social Imaginaries as Contested Spaces
4 The River as Political Quagmire: Mempo Giardinelli's An Impossible Balance
Jeanie Murphy
5 Rippling Borders in Latina Literature
Rebeca L. Hey-Colón
6 Social and Geographical Landscapes: The River as Metaphor for Female Sexuality
Kathryn Quinn-Sanchez
7 Myth and Reality: Imaging the River in Early Colonial Spanish Writing
J. Manuel Gómez
8 Writing the Riverbanks in El libro flotante by Leonardo

About the author

Jeanie Murphyis associate professor of Spanish and Latin American studies at Goucher College.

Elizabeth G. Rivero is associate professor of Spanish at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

Summary

Through the lens of ecocriticism, history, memory, and gender studies, this book studies the many ways in which the image of the river has been integrated into Latin/o American literature from the period of exploration and colonization to modern times, examining the imagery and symbolism tied to rivers in the writings of the region.

Product details

• Authors: Jeanie Murphy, Jeanie Rivero Murphy
• Assisted by: Jeanie Murphy (Editor), Elizabeth G. Rivero (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781498547291
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4729-1
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Ecocritical Theory and Practice; Ecocritical Theory and Practic; Ecocritical Theory and Practic; Ecocritical Theory and Practice
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Nature, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: general, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Literature: history and criticism, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / Hispanic & Latino