Body, Nation, and Narrative in the Americas

Zusatztext "Pitt's comparative analyses of the literary narratives drawn together in Body! Nation! and Narrative in the Americas enriches and deepens our understanding of the vexed relations between bodies! communities! citizens! and nation-states. Setting out from Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Blithedale Romance and concluding with Edwidge Danticat's The Dew Breaker! she herself weaves an astute and compelling narrative of the roles of literal and figurative bodies in the modern nation. The opening and closing chapters insightfully draw our attention to 'disappeared bodies' not only in literary narratives but also to the only-too-literally disappeared! violated! and tortured bodies of the present. A richly written and important contribution." - Mary N. Layoun! Professor of Comparative Literature! University of Wisconsin-Madison Informationen zum Autor KRISTIN E. PITT Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. 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...

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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

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"Pitt's comparative analyses of the literary narratives drawn together in Body, Nation, and Narrative in the Americas enriches and deepens our understanding of the vexed relations between bodies, communities, citizens, and nation-states. Setting out from Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Blithedale Romance and concluding with Edwidge Danticat's The Dew Breaker, she herself weaves an astute and compelling narrative of the roles of literal and figurative bodies in the modern nation. The opening and closing chapters insightfully draw our attention to 'disappeared bodies' not only in literary narratives but also to the only-too-literally disappeared, violated, and tortured bodies of the present. A richly written and important contribution." - Mary N. Layoun, Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Product details

• Authors: K Pitt, K. Pitt, Kristin E. Pitt, PITT KRISTIN E
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.01.2011
• EAN: 9780230107137
• ISBN: 978-0-230-10713-7
• No. of pages: 219
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; B, Literature, Cultural Studies, Cultural Theory, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary theory, World Literature, Culture—Study and teaching, Literature, Modern—19th century, Nineteenth-Century Literature, Literature, Modern—20th century, Twentieth-Century Literature, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Palgrave Literature Collection, Literature—Philosophy, Postcolonial/World Literature, America—Literatures, North American Literature