Latin American novels of the Conquest
Subtitle: reinventing the New World
By: Kimberle S. López
Publisher: University of Missouri Press; University of Missouri
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Columbia, Mo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Historical fiction, Spanish American -- History and criticism; Spanish American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Conquerors in literature; Latin America -- In literature
Description: "The fictionalized explorers and conquistadors represented in this corpus all identify with certain aspects of Amerindian culture - significantly, those elements that are most distinct from European culture, such as cannibalism and human sacrifice - but also feel the need to distance themselves from these "others" in order to protect their own European cultural identity.

In most cases, the conquistadors themselves are represented as outsiders within the enterprise of imperialism, due to ethnic, religious, or sexual differences from the norm. This representation turns the gaze inward toward the "other" within European culture, underscoring the complex origins of Latin American cultures in the violent encounter between the Amerindians and the conquistadors.".

"By examining these issues, Lopez's Latin American Novels of the Conquest illuminates the ways in which Latin American novelists used their literary imaginations to embody their ambivalence regarding their own transcultural heritage as children of both the colonized and the colonizer."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-256) and index