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Current scholarship on Latin American historical fiction has failed to take feminism and postcolonialism into account. This study uses these important contemporary discourses as a starting point for a new definition of the Latin American historical novel that includes national identity, magical realism, historical intertextuality, and symbolism.

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Author:   H. Weldt-Basson
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.483kg
ISBN:  

9781137277565

ISBN 10:   1137277564
Pages:   263
Publication Date:   10 June 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Redefining Latin American Historical Fiction: The Impact of Feminism and Postcolonialism; Helene Carol Weldt-Basson 2. Ashes of Izalco : Female Narrative Strategies and the History of a Nation; Patricia Varas 3. In Search of the Absent Revolution: Edgardo Rodríguez Julia's Novels of Invented History; Víctor Figueroa 4. The Galleys of History: Mirages and Madness of a Journey; Fernando Burgos 5. Archaeologies of Identity: Revisions of the City and the Nation in Two Novels by Ana María Torres; Elda Stanco 6. Santa Evita, History, Fiction, and Myth: A Narrative from Another Side; Marcelo Coddou 7. Chaos and Simulations of History in Mujer en traje de batalla ; Fátima R. Nogueira 8. The Plural History of Memory: A Polyphonic Novel by Ángela Hernández; Ester Gimbernat González 9. Unsubmissive Imaginaries in the Contemporary Brazilian Historical Novel: A Reading of Um defeito de cor by Ana Maria Gonçalves; Maria Josele Coehlo 10. El sueño del celta : Postcolonial Vargas Llosa; Helene Carol Weldt-Basson

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Fernando Burgos, University of Memphis, USA Marcelo Coddou, Drew University, USA María Josele Bucco Coelho, Universidad Federal de Rio Grande de Sur, Brazil Víctor Figueroa, Wayne State University, USA Ester Gimbernat González, University of Northern Colorado, USA Elda Stanco, Brown University, USA Patricia Varas, Willamette University, USA

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