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Author:

Fox, Patricia D.

Title:

Being and blackness in Latin America : uprootedness and improvisation / Patricia D. Fox.

Publisher:

University Press of Florida,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

207 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Latin American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Latin American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Literature and society--Latin America.
Blacks in literature.
Racism in literature.
Latin America--Race relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-196) and index.

Contents:

1. Coming to terms : uprootedness -- 2. Territoriality : becoming places -- 3. Coming to terms : improvisation -- 4. Temporality : telling times -- 5. Talking drums or trying times : the off-timed tale -- 6. Orality : a word-worldview -- 7. Refashioning spoken souls -- 8. Blackness unbound : a tale of one's own.

ISBN:

9780813029313 (alk. paper)
0813029317 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)62895847

LCCN:

2005058579

Locations:

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

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)