num_pages: 288
description: After introducing the concept of tierra (land) as cultural as well as natural geography, Rodriguez (Spanish literatures and cultures, Ohio State U.) traces cross-cultural misunderstandings of the representation of American space that have had dire consequences historically. She examines the Carribean Islands as paradise, their transition to a hell
language: English
title: Transatlantic Topographies: Islands, Highlands, Jungles (Volume 17)
titlecomplete: Transatlantic Topographies: Islands, Highlands, Jungles (Volume 17) (Cultural Studies of the Americas)
publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press