Confronting History and Modernity in Mexican Narrative

Zusatztext "The analysis is lucid! insightful! and far-reaching! covering themes of memory! inquisition! conquest! power! syncretism! transculturation! biopolitics! and ecology... Recommended." - CHOICE Informationen zum Autor ELISABETH GUERRERO is Associate Professor of Spanish at Bucknell University, USA. Klappentext Guerrero focuses on a selection of Mexican historical novels that are particularly revealing of literary trends during the last three decades. The study addresses the balancing act of Mexican writers as they trace a national identity in the face of globalization and respond to modernization on their own terms. Zusammenfassung Guerrero focuses on a selection of Mexican historical novels that are particularly revealing of literary trends during the last three decades. The study addresses the balancing act of Mexican writers as they trace a national identity in the face of globalization and respond to modernization on their own terms. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Humanizing the Hero Highlighting Women in History Mourning the European Legacy Redemption of the Present Conclusion

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Introduction Humanizing the Hero Highlighting Women in History Mourning the European Legacy Redemption of the Present Conclusion

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"The analysis is lucid, insightful, and far-reaching, covering themes of memory, inquisition, conquest, power, syncretism, transculturation, biopolitics, and ecology... Recommended." - CHOICE

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• Authors: E Guerrero, E. Guerrero, Elisabeth Guerrero
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2008
• EAN: 9780230606371
• ISBN: 978-0-230-60637-1
• No. of pages: 187
• Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures; New Concepts in Latino America; New Directions in Latino American Cultures; New Directions in Latino Ameri; New Concepts in Latino America
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); B, Globalization, Cultural Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Literary theory, The Americas, Latin American Culture, Ethnology—Latin America, Literature—Philosophy, America—Literatures, North American Literature, United States—Study and teaching, American Culture, identity;Narrative;national identity;novel