Body, Nation, and Narrative in the Americas [electronic resource] /
Pitt, K.author.
This book contextualizes 21st century representations of disappearance, torture, and detention within a historical framework of inter-American narratives. Examining a range of sources, Pitt finds a persistent focus on the body that links contemporary practices of political terror to concerns about corporality and sovereignty.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: disappearing citizens: body, nation, and narrative in the Americas -- Buried citizens: landing a nation in Jose de Alencar and Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Lost citizens: memory and mourning in William Faulkner and Elena Garro -- Tortured citizens: terror and dissidence in Luisa Valenzuela and Edwidge Danticat -- Postscript: disappearing threats: reflections on security, immigration, and detention.
This book contextualizes 21st century representations of disappearance, torture, and detention within a historical framework of inter-American narratives. Examining a range of sources, Pitt finds a persistent focus on the body that links contemporary practices of political terror to concerns about corporality and sovereignty.
Literature-Philosophy.
Culture-Study and teaching.
America-Literatures.
Literature, Modern-19th century.
Literature   .
Literature, Modern-20th century.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
North American Literature.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.