Body, nation, and narrative in the Americas
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Author
Publication
2010 - Palgrave Macmillan, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
52,750 words, Guess
Page Count
211 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebodynationnarrat0000pitt
- Internet Archivebodynationnarrat00pitt
- ISBN-139780230107137
- ISBN-100230107133
- Library of Congress Control Number2010015960
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number607977733
- Better World Books9780230107137
- Open LibraryOL24566337M
Classifications
- DDC809/.933587
- LCCPN846 .P58 2010
- LCCPN45-PN57HM623PN843-
Description
Body, Nation, and Narrative in the Americas reveals the central role of disappearing and dying bodies within the literature of the Americas, arguing that anxiety regarding the power of the state over the citizen is a defining feature of New World cultural productions. This timely investigation contextualizes disappearance and detention within a framework of literary narratives depicting the dangers facing citizens of the Americas. Kristin E. Pitt examines a wide range of sources, from Hawthorne to Faulkner to Danticat, and finds a persistent focus on the body that links contemporary practices of political terror to inter-American concerns about corporality and sovereignty.
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