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Author:   Antonio Luciano de Andrade Tosta
Publisher:   Bucknell University Press
Imprint:   Bucknell University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.70cm
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9781611487558

ISBN 10:   1611487552
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   19 October 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Confluence Narratives: Ethnicity, History and Nation Making in the Americas Chapter One: The Native American, Hybridity, and Mesticagem in Luiz Antonio de Assis Brasil's Breviario das Terras do Brasil and Laura Esquivel's Malinche Chapter Two: Escaping the Nation? African American History as (Trans)National History in Luis Fulano de Tal's A Noite dos Cristais and Ishmael Reed's Flight to Canada Chapter Three: Jewish Puzzles: Identity Search, Memory, and History in Moacyr Scliar's A Estranha Nacao de Rafael Mendes and Ricardo Feierstein's Mestizo Chapter Four: World War II and the Persecution of Identity: Memory, Difference, and the Struggle for Belonging in Jorge J. Okubaro's O Sudito: (Banzai, Massateru!) and Joy Kogawa's Obasan Epilogue: Confluence Narratives and the Future of Inter-American Studies Bibliography Index About the Author

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Tosta's work represents a valuable contribution to the field of inter-American and interdisciplinary studies, smoothly blending history and literary analysis. The epilogue ends with an open call for more democratic inter-American scholarship by researchers from all over the Americas (including the Caribbean). This is a welcome gesture signaling openness to other views and interpretations of confluence (and other) narratives and is reflective of Tosta's general approach to these topics. Finally, the bibliography included at the end of the book is a valuable resource for those wishing to begin or further their own inter-American studies. Just as confluence narratives help reshape the history of the Americas, by analyzing important minority groups and identifying others whose contributions need to be studied further (e.g. those of Arab Americans), Tosta's book expands and reshapes the field of inter-American studies to be increasingly inclusive and reflective of the heterogeneity found throughout the Americas.-- Journal of Lusophone Studies

Tosta's work represents a valuable contribution to the field of inter-American and interdisciplinary studies, smoothly blending history and literary analysis. The epilogue ends with an open call for more democratic inter-American scholarship by researchers from all over the Americas (including the Caribbean). This is a welcome gesture signaling openness to other views and interpretations of confluence (and other) narratives and is reflective of Tosta's general approach to these topics. Finally, the bibliography included at the end of the book is a valuable resource for those wishing to begin or further their own inter-American studies. Just as confluence narratives help reshape the history of the Americas, by analyzing important minority groups and identifying others whose contributions need to be studied further (e.g. those of Arab Americans), Tosta's book expands and reshapes the field of inter-American studies to be increasingly inclusive and reflective of the heterogeneity found throughout the Americas.--Journal of Lusophone Studies

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Antonio Luciano Tosta is associate professor of Brazilian literature and culture at the University of Kansas.

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