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Author:

López, Kimberle S.

Title:

Latin American novels of the Conquest : reinventing the New World / Kimberle S. López.

Publisher:

University of Missouri Press,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

x, 260 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Historical fiction, Spanish American--History and criticism.
Spanish American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Conquerors in literature.
Latin America--In literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-256) and index.

Contents:

Introduction. Colonial desire and the anxiety of identification in the new Latin American novel of the conquest -- 1. Loving cannibalism: cannibalism and colonial desire in Juan José Saer's El entenado -- 2. Violence and the sacred: idolatry and human sacrifice in Homero Aridjis's Memorias del nuevo mundo -- 3. Eros and colonization: homosocial colonial desire in Herminio Martínez's Diario maldito de nuño de Guzmán -- 4. Colonial desire for the Amerindian and converso other in Abel Posse's El largo atardecer del caminante -- 5. Ambivalence toward converso self and conquered other in Homero Aridjis's 1492 and Memorias del nuevo mundo -- Conclusion. Deconstructing the rhetoric of conquest in the new Latin American historical novel.

ISBN:

9780826214089 (alk. paper)
0826214088 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)49249837

LCCN:

2002023838

Locations:

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

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

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)