Confluence narratives : ethnicity, history, and nation-making in the Americas

Confluence narratives : ethnicity, history, and nation-making in the Americas /

Confluence Narratives: Ethnicity, History, and Nation-Making in the Americas examines a new literary genre that links the Americas together through three common historical experiences: colonization, slavery, and immigration. Informed by postcolonial theory, this book analyzes a selection of novels f...

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Main Author: Tosta, Antonio Luciano de Andrade (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Bucknell University Press, 2016
Subjects:
Ethnicity in literature.
Postcolonialism in literature.
National characteristics in literature.
Nationalism and literature > America.
Narration (Rhetoric) > Social aspects > America.
Comparative literature > American and Latin American.
Comparative literature > Latin American and American.
America > Literatures > History and criticism.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One: The Native American, Hybridity, and Mestiçagem in Luiz Antonio de Assis Brasil's Breviário das Terras do Brasil and Laura Esquivel's Malinche; Chapter Two: Escaping the Nation?; Chapter Three: Jewish Puzzles; Chapter Four: Memory, Difference, and the Struggle for Belonging in Jorge J. Okubaro's O Súdito: (Banzai, Massateru!) and Joy Kogawa's Obasan; Epilogue; Bibliography; Permissions; Index; About the Author.

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