The image of the river in Latin/o American literature written in the water / edited by Jeanie Murphy and Elizabeth G. Rivero.

Other author Murphy, Jeanie.
Other author Rivero, Elizabeth G.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLahham : Lexington Books, [2018]
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SeriesEcocritical theory and practice
Contents Introduction: written in the water: the image of the river in Latin/o American literature -- Part I. Memory of water: rivers and the politics and praxis of remembrance. Along the river of memory: Los fuegos de San Telmo by José Pedro Diaz / Elizabeth G. Rivero; Floating statues and streams of consciousness: memory work in Argentina's Río de la Plata and Río Salí / Bridget V. Franco; From "obstinate memory" to explosions of recollections: rivers as cultural sites of remembrance / Julia A. Kushigian -- Part II. Rivers at the crossroads: borders, land/cityscapes and social imaginaries as contested spaces. The river as political quagmire: Mempo Giardinelli's An impossible balance / Jeanie Murphy -- Rippling borders in Latina literature / Rebeca L. Hey-Colón -- Social and geographical landscapes: the river as metaphor for female sexuality / Kathryn Quinn-Sanchez; Myth and reality: imaging the river in early colonial Spanish writing / J. Manuel Gómez; Writing the riverbanks in El libro flotante by Leonardo Valencia / Renata Égüez -- About the contributors.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Image of the river in Latino American literature Lahham : Lexington Books, [2018] 9781498547291
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LCCN 2017053051
ISBN9781498547307 (electronic)
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