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Author:

Pitt, Kristin E., 1971-

Title:

Body, nation, and narrative in the Americas / Kristin E. Pitt.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

viii, 211 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

America--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Disappeared persons in literature.
Political persecution in literature.
State, The, in literature.
Human body in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
National characteristics, Latin American, in literature.
Politics and literature--America--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction. Disappearing citizens : body, nation, and narrative in the Americas -- 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. disappearing threats : reflections on security, immigration, and detention.

ISBN:

0230107133 (alk. paper)
9780230107137 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)607977733

LCCN:

2010015960

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)