| The Americas, Otherwise: Volume 61 Contributor(s): Zamora, Lois Parkinson (Author), Spitta, Silvia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0822367203 ISBN-13: 9780822367208 Publisher: Duke University Press OUR PRICE: $14.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - Hispanic American - Social Science | Human Geography |
| Dewey: 001.1 |
| Series: Special Issue of Comparative Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.7" W x 9.8" (0.85 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "The Americas, Otherwise" explores the growing influence of the study of the Americas--variously referred to as Americas Studies, Transamerican Studies, Hemispheric Studies, and Interamerican Studies--on the field of comparative literature. The essays in this special issue suggest the centrality of comparative studies of the Americas to the revision of the discipline as a whole, as well as to intellectual practice in other disciplines. These essays foreground the work of important hemispheric writers, artists, and public intellectuals such as Roberto Bola o, Alejo Carpentier, Aim C saire, Gabriel Garc a M rquez, douard Glissant, Jos Mart , Ricardo Piglia, and Leopoldo Zea. Topics include migration to the Americas from Asia, Europe, and Africa; hemispheric exceptionalisms since the establishment of the first colonies; the interdisciplinary foundations of border studies; theories of the neobaroque and their application to Latin American cultural formations; Latino critical theory; and the emergence of a southern theory inclusive of the intellectual work of often-marginalized cultures. |